Lego’s new ‘digital bricks’ could limit children’s imaginations, experts fear

Lego has unveiled new digital “smart bricks” that light up, emit sounds and respond to movement in its “most revolutionary innovation” in nearly 50 years.

LEGO Makes Biggest Change To Bricks In 50 Years

LEGO has announced a huge update to its bricks, which the company is calling "one of the most significant evolutions" in 50 years.

Lego's brainy brick makes an X-Wing sound like an X-Wing, and no app is needed to fly it

The Smart Brick looks very similar to a normal 2x4 Lego brick, but it contains a custom Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip which is smaller than one of the studs on the brick itself. It’s joined by an accelerometer and a copper coil, and Lego has created its own Play Engine and Neighbor Position Measurement (NPM) system.
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LEGO Sets are Getting a Major Upgrade, Taking Play to the Next Level

LEGO reveals its Smart Play system, which uses a Brick, Tag, and Minifig system to bring greater interactivity to its sets.
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