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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).
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
(may I call him Godfred?) would be in awe over how
his creation has been applied from professional and amateur artists. The June 2012
issue of Scientific American 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 above for more pics). Do
a Google 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). LEGO is a contraction conceived of by
Christiansen from the Danish phrase "leg godt," meaning "play well."
See the 1/2-scale LEGO
Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 gas turbine engine.
Here are a few LEGO sets you might be interested in buying:
LEGO Architecture Set of 7 - Frank Lloyd Wright
Fallingwater, Guggenheim Museum, Empire State Building, John Hancock Building, Seattle
Space Needle, Sears (Willis) Tower, The White House
LEGO City Cargo Plane Special Edition
LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 Robots
Added July 12,
2012: |
 Circuit Board by Bruce Lowell |
 Mobile Radar Van by Mr. Brick |
 Motorola "Brick" Phone by Bruce Lowell |
Original: |
 ITER Tokomak in LEGO® by Sachiko
Akinaga |
 Dilbert™ in LEGO® by Andrew Lipson |
 Escher's "Relativity" in LEGO® by
Andrew Lipson |
 Klein Bottle in LEGO® by Andrew Lipson |
 Mystery Science Theater 3000: Crow
and Tom Servo in LEGO® by Chris Doyle |
 MakerLegoBot in LEGO® (builds 3D
LEGO structures) by BattleBricks |
 Functional PC in LEGO® by Nathan
Sawaya |
 Blackberry™ in LEGO® by Nathan Sawaya |
Posted May 24, 2012
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