How Tall can a Lego Tower get?

The BBC has an article, though it was in many other places as well, about a study to determine the maximum possible height of a tower made of Lego bricks.  The short answer is 3.5 km but it is worth reading the article to see how they figured that out.

via The Brothers Brick

Lego Math Building

An excellent micro-scale Lego model of the Math Building at the University of Waterloo.

via The Brothers Brick

Lego Robots Solve Rubik's Cube and Suduko

Singularity Hub has a post with some videos of a new super fast Lego robot that solves Rubik's cubes.  There are also videos of humans setting records solving the cubes and as a bonus there is a very cool, and very slow, Lego robot that solves Sudoku puzzles.

Lego in Space

I often blog about Lego and I often blog about space so naturally I couldn't resist this Gizmodo story about Lego in space.

I thought this was interesting:

the sets will be enclosed in a see-through glove box, "so the small pieces don't get lost in the station." Coleman—who actually trained to do this—will build the sets inside that glove box, demonstrating how they work afterwards in front of millions of kids.

Lego: Balloon Over Mountains

I love the fake perspective in this Lego vignette.

Lego Tank Filmed by Lego Chase Cars

Gizmodo (which has a horrible new site design) has a post with a cool video of a small Lego tank.  The tank gets extra mobility by using omni wheels.  The video is extra cool because it is filmed by a video camera on another Lego car. 

An Abandoned Lego House

Here is an awesome Lego model built using only black and white bricks.

Lego Fireworks

A bit late for Canada Day but here we are.

Lego Ship in Bottle

This is not a trick. This Lego ship was built inside the bottle through the neck.

via Brothers Brick

Lego: Radio Controlled Sailing

Love this little vignette especially the gun-smoke / cannonball.

via Brothers Brick

Lego: Mini Chess Set

Make has a post with some nice shots of a usable, miniature chess set made entirely with Lego. The set is 12 studs by 12 studs and has drawers for holding the pieces.

Lego: The gun is bigger than the ship

Who can resist a Lego steampunk model where the gun is almost as big as the ship.

Lego Yamato

The Brothers Brick has a post, with pictures, of the largest Lego ship ever made. It is 22 feet long and took 6 years to build. You could build you own if you have 200,000 Lego bricks in your basement.

Lego in the Kitchen

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratory has a post about using Lego in your kitchen. Some of the containers don't look half bad (though as a Lego fan I may be biased).

The History of the Lego Minifig

Gizmodo has a pictorial history of the minifig (the little yellow men that come in Lego sets). I hadn't realised that Jar-Jar had made an appearance in Lego.

Lego Art

I normally go for smaller Lego models myself but this fellow has made some very impressive large ones.