Lego Smart Play: Patent applications and FCC documents reveal the technology

Lego packs an electronics platform with 3D magnetic tracking, multi-radio communication, and inductive charging into a brick.

LEGO Introduces Smart Play, Starting With Interactive ‘Star Wars’ Sets

LEGO unveiled Smart Play at CES 2026, embedding interactive tech into bricks. The first Star Wars sets launch March 1, with ...

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 ...
Bleeding Cool

LEGO Star Wars SMART Play: Darth Vader's TIE Fighter Revealed

LEGO has revealed the next level of bricks as they debut their new SmartBrick sets, which all bring life to your sets ...
Jalopnik

Watch Some Lego Engines Rev Until They Explode

Little Lego engines with actual pistons and crankshafts that turn and move are one of the true simple joys of human life in the modern era. So, it just stands to reason that the best way to ...
Hackaday

Making The Fastest LEGO Technic Air-Powered Engine

Just because LEGO Technic is technically a toy doesn’t mean that you cannot do solid engineering with it, like building ...
TopSpeed

Replica Motorsport Has The Coolest Mini Lego Engines Ever

Today, Kirby’s focus has shifted toward following industry news, and he has a sincere passion for one-off and tuned vehicles, car toys (especially LEGO brand,) and anything else even closely related ...
Geeky Gadgets

Lego Rolls-Royce Engine Contains 152,455 Lego Pieces

Rolls-Royce has unveiled a new cut out of one of their Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, at the Farnborough International Airshow this week. But rather than being made of steel and electronics, the ...