On average, Lego produces about 20 billion plastic bricks and building elements every year, and most come from injection molding machines that are so precise that just 18 of every million parts ...

Researchers at Spain's Polytechnic University of Valencia have developed "Lego-like" segments of 3D-printed plastic that can be pieced together as a lightweight alternative to reinforced concrete ...

Before ‘3D printing’ became a catch-all term, the hardware, which has been in use for decades, was referred to as a rapid prototyper. But even waiting five hours for a ‘rapidly’ printed part can be a ...

We love LEGO, we love keyboards, and when the two join forces, we’re usually looking at a versatile peripheral that’s practically indestructible. Such seems to be the case with [joshmarinacci]’s ...

As a child playing with LEGO, many of us let our imaginations run wild. With licenses for characters and objects from major franchises, or just cool brick-building sets that LEGO itself designed, a ...

Etsy, home to all kinds of random products, has produced a gem of an idea: customised 3D-printed Lego heads. Well, we think it is a gem of an idea. I have a theory that it is price and price alone ...

It's a childhood dream come true! Now, thanks to a shop called Funky 3D Faces, we can all have our own faces on LEGO figures. The U.K.-based company will create a 3D sculpt of your face, completely ...

If you're one of those kids who grew up building and loving LEGOs, your heart probably skips a beat whenever you hear about a new life-size sculpture of everyday things, like cars or robots, or about ...

The ESA plans to build launch pads and astronaut shelters on the Moon using blocks made from space matter LEGO has joined forces with the European Space Agency as part of an initiative to build ...

Scientists have used LEGO brick assembly techniques to design launch pads and shelters for Artemis program astronauts visiting the moon. Their pioneering approach involves using meteorite dust to 3D ...

This Lego mini-go kart is a massively scaled up model of a classic '80s toy, the Technic Go-Kart. Matt Denton wanted to build a go kart big enough for his nephew, but to 3D print the lego for ...

Some like it flat, and there’s nothing wrong with that. What you are looking at is the first prototype of Atlas by [AsicResistor], which is still a work in progress. [AsicResistor] found the Totem to ...