Lego’s next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets. WIRED got exclusive access to the Lego labs where the Smart Brick was born.

Time crystals are an oddity of quantum physics, but new calculations show that these bizarre materials could be useful for building very accurate clocks. All crystals are defined by repetition – ...

A Pittsburgh LEGO set has the potential to be reviewed by designers for production — but it needs 10,000 community votes first. At the beginning of January, creator “Chris74” posted a LEGO model of ...

International LEGO Day is here – and what better excuse then to treat yourself to a brand new LEGO set? What is International LEGO Day? Yes, there seems to be a day for everything now, but 28 January ...

Space fans looking for a Lego Artemis set to build now have an interesting conundrum, as there are two Lego NASA Space Launch System Artemis 2 sets to choose from. When you purchase through links on ...

LB Beistad is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN. Her love of gaming began with her cousin introducing her to Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter when she was five years old. Since then, she ...

Lego announced its new Smart Play system at CES 2026 on Monday, adding interactive, responsive Legos to the famously analog franchise. The Smart Play system includes a 2×4 brick, Smart Tag tiles, and ...

The new sensor-packed Smart Play Brick will land this spring as part of a special Star Wars collection. The update adds interactive lights and sound to the Lego experience—including the minifigs.

If there was to be one LEGO set created to mark the finale of Stranger Things, it had to be the Creel house – childhood home to Henry Creel and location of some of the most dramatic scenes in the ...

Although the Bricker Build sets utilize LEGO pieces, it's worth noting that these are not official LEGO products nor are they licensed by Nintendo or the Pokemon Company. As such, the set names don't ...

Lego has a nostalgia problem. I do, too. Like Hollywood and its eternal cycle of remakes, the Danish company has found a bottomless treasure pot full of GenX and Gen Z people willing to burn their ...

Martha Shaw receives funding from Culham St Gabriel's Trust. Alexis Stones works for University College London (UCL) as a lecturer, researcher and subject lead for Religious Education. She has ...