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Lego Launches Smart Bricks, Misses Robotics Opportunity
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The Lego Group launched Smart Bricks at CES, small modules with a custom chip, accelerometer, sensors, LED and speaker that add reactive light and sound to sets. The columnist urges Lego to revive its educational robotics ambition—like a simplified Mindstorms line and partnerships with Scratch or Code.org—to offer programmable bricks that teach coding, systems thinking and hands-on robotics.
Key Points
- 1Introduces Smart Bricks with chip, accelerometer, light/sound sensors, LED and speaker enabling reactive play
- 2Highlights decline of hands-on robotics since Mindstorms shuttered in 2022, losing an educational pathway
- 3Suggests offering programmable Smart Bricks and school-oriented partnerships to teach coding and systems thinking
Scoring Rationale
Practical product and education insight from reputable source, limited novelty and primarily opinionated rather than technical or industry-changing.
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