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To my surprise, the company demonstrated another advantage: I He didn’t do that Looking through the first demo, perhaps what’s most impressive are these bricks They make their way into adult builders: Measure distance accurately.
Martin Simons, the Lego Group’s design director, designed a “Lego ruler” made of standard Lego bricks divided into parts each made up of 10 Lego studs, or about 8 cm (3.15 in) long. He attached a smart brick to one end of the ruler, and dragged another smart brick along it. The color of the smart brick changes every time 10 more nails are passed, exactly at the dividing lines of each block.
Simons then moved the smart brick away from the ruler and performed the same trick. Using a pair of smart bricks, he was able to measure the distance between two points in 2D and 3D space. Simons says one brick can accurately track the position of another at distances of about 4 to 5 meters (12-16 feet).
Simons then rotated a brick in the air, and we watched it light up once it was facing the other brick exactly.
From previous briefings, I already knew that Brick could say that Their own The direction and whether they are relatively closer or farther away from each other. But it’s clearly stronger than that, with more potential than the first three Lego games star wars The kits will be demonstrated on launch day (assuming these resolution features work in the real world with all forms of radio interference).
Lego Star Wars sets let kids intentionally blow up each other’s ships without They’re really facing each other, because company research shows kids prefer that. But clearly it doesn’t have to be this way. Low-hanging fruit: Future Lego creations could have precise blasting gameplay.
They may have potential in Lego robotics as well. Lego Mindstorms was one of the toy maker’s most advanced building sets, but even with its drag-and-drop programming capabilities, its complexity limited its appeal to children. Thanks to the Smart Brick’s ability to know their location and orientation around other Smart Bricks, Lego robots can navigate obstacles built using Smart Tags, or autonomously find their way to base stations without the need for detailed programming, cameras to sense, or more expensive components like the Mindstorms Smart Brick.
Lego is staying tight-lipped about future plans for its new Smart Play system, but it’s becoming more and more interesting, with more potential uses, as the company unveils the brick’s capabilities.