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Programmable Bricks
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We are extending the child's construction kit, building computational power directly into LEGO bricks. Children are using these Programmable Bricks to build everything from robotic creatures to interactive kinetic sculptures, and, in the process, learning about engineering and design. We are currently developing a family of Programmable Bricks, known as Crickets, that designed especially for integrating art and engineering. The LEGO company now sells a product (called MindStorms) based on our Programmable Brick research.

Mitchel Resnick  Brian Silverman  Natalie Rusk  Oren Zuckerman  Robbie Berg 


papers
  date author title
  1996 Resnick, M., Martin, F., Sargent, R. and Silverman, B. Programmable Bricks: Toys to Think With. IBM Systems Journal, vol. 35, no. 3-4, pp. 443-452.
 
 
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LEGO Playtime Podcast - Mitch Resnick Interview
legobuildersof tomorrow.com, February 2006
 
 
 
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