It's an impressive brick and system to be fair, but not being able to replace the battery is insanity. Also very overpriced.
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wow, so just more trash and waste for the sake of making toys AI integrated...?
I'm all for giving kids the tools of the future early (with limits)
but why do we have to make it disposable? (profit, I know, its rhetorical guys).
The disposability sucks, but I don’t believe there’s any AI involved.
HA I've been so brainwashed by 2025 I see the word smart and stupidly assume AI.
Looks like its just sensors.
I actually think this makes it worse because it doesn't really bring a whole lot to the table from a STEM-toy perspective, although I guess learning to utilize sensors could be good for some kids if there is any type of granular control.
I grew up with Lego Mindstorms, so it can definitely inspire.
Yeah, I was really expecting some Mindstorms-level magic when I saw the first announcement teasers. The fact that it's just an RFID reader with some LEDs is beyond disappointing.
Yeah, I was really expecting some Mindstorms-level magic when I saw the first announcement teasers.
You do realize it's rechargeable, right? I watched jerryrigeverything's video on it and it's honestly a pretty neat and impressive little gadget. I cant imagine the battery ever needing to be replaced even if it were designed to be possible. I would expect it to last 5+ years of heavy play before its battery life would be effected enough to notice.
You should be able to give your old Lego to your kids, what's this five year shit?
Before people get all up in arms about the non-replaceable battery... Do you know how small a LEGO brick is? For them to pack all this functionality in there, they have to be EXTREMELY careful with how they use every millimeter of space, and they have to make sure a kid won't just... pop open the bottom of the brick and eat the battery or something.
The article itself even states:
As you can see in JerryRigEverything’s destructive teardown, it’s difficult to even get at the battery without going through thin, hair-like antennas.
Break even one of them and the entire brick is nonfunctional.
Turns out there's not actually much functionality in these at all. An RFID reader and an RGB LED, whoop-de-shit.
Here's an example of what cutting-edge brick tech could look like.
Isn’t the “Lego” part kinda just the battery casing with bumps on it, though? Batteries often have circuitry. They have the contacts for connecting it to whatever it is powering… they have a case. Sometimes a plastic one…
Just for conversation sake. I don’t think disposable legos are cool or anything.
Check out jerryrigeverything's video on it. It's pretty neat. It's basically just a microcontroller with a battery, nfc coils, charging coils, and sensors. So you place it near other parts of the set and it makes interactive sound effects and lights up and stuff. It recharges with a wireless charging pad and honestly will probably last 10 years+ before the battery degrades meaningfully.