These images have been chosen for their uniqueness. Subject matter ranges from
historic events, to really cool phenomena in science and engineering, to relevant
place, to ingenious contraptions, to interesting products (which now has its own
dedicated Featured Product
category).
Of course nowadays people are 3D printing LEGO pieces.
When LEGO blocks were first introduced
in their current form in Denmark in the late1940s, founder Godfred Kirk Christiansen
could not have imagined how wildly popular his "toy" would become with sculptors.
That generations of kids would while away hours at a time building original and
predesigned structures per printed instructions were his realized dream, Godfred
would be in awe over how his creation has been applied from professional and amateur
artists. By the way, LEGO is a contraction conceived of by Christiansen from the
Danish phrase "leg godt,"
meaning "play well." The June 2012 issue of Scientific American magazine
has an article titled "Fusion's
Missing Pieces" on the current state of nuclear fusion, and with it is a photo
of a cut-away view of a tokomak made entirely of LEGOs, by Sachiko Akinaga (click
thumbnail below for more pics). Do a Google image search on "lego
art" and be amazed at what is out there. "lego
robotics" turns up hundreds of often sophisticated microprocessor-controlled
machines. Try it on just about any subject, be it engineering, science, chemistry,
mathematics, industry, aerospace, automobiles, architecture, or electronics and
be amazed at the skill of people. You might find something that will make a good
cover photo for your next PowerPoint presentation (be sure to give attribution to
the creator). I am told there is now a TV show called "LEGO Masters" which pits
designer/builder teams against each other with specific tasks, but I've never watched
it (too numb-nutty for my old-guy taste).
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