Lego unveils tech-filled Smart Bricks - to play experts' unease

Lego says its new tech-enabled products are its "most revolutionary innovation" since it launched its mini-figurines in 1978.

Lego's smart new 2x4 Smart Brick packs a custom ASIC, speaker, and synthesiser created by 'an expert team from the worlds of video gaming, computing... and more'

The Smart Play system as a whole is going to make its debut in the Lego Star Wars theme, with—obviously—an X-Wing set and a ...
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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. The Danish toymaker announced the new ...
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Lego’s smart bricks dazzled at CES, experts worry about play

When a toy helicopter can “crash,” flash red, and add its own sound effects the moment a child tips it over, the question stops being what the model is and becomes who is driving the story. That ...