How Lego's Creative Play Lab built the Smart Brick, its custom chip, sensors, and proprietary communication system to seamlessly integrate with existing sets
Lego's next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets.
The SMART Brick houses an LED array, accelerometer, light and sound sensors, a miniature speaker, an analog synthesizer, a battery with wireless charging, and copper coils made from 100-micron wire. Those coils track the position of other Smart Bricks in 3D space down to the mil…
EXCLUSIVE: Lego let @wired.com inside its HQ to see exactly how the Smart Brick system was created- including a look at the prototypes created along the way. A fascinating journey of a product Lego hopes will transform its future. www.wired.com/story/exclus...
Lego's next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets. WIRED got exclusive access to the Lego labs where the Smart Brick was born. https://www.wired.com/...