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Danish toymaker LEGO has revealed a new set aimed at helping adults improve their mental wellbeing. Titled "Forma," the set uses LEGO pieces to create the skeleton of a fish, which is then finished with customizable skins. The idea behind the project comes from the view that combining organic forms and mechanical work could help reduce stress and anxiety. Via John Evans 
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March 20, 2022 6:01 PM
:Lego is also a good way for people to relieve stress and anxiety in a safe way. Creating sets that can have multiple uses like this fish with customizable skins allows people to create what they want instead of having to following a specific set of instructions.
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LEGO still provides powerful, object-based programming software that you run on your PC, but Mindstorms EV3 will also let young programmers control their robots via freely downloadable smart phone and tablet-based games and apps. Via malek
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July 9, 2013 8:10 AM
Oh, Nothing, It's Just A Girl Building A Prosthetic Leg Out Of LEGO. What an evolution! |
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A few colleagues and I were talking about developing a water transportation hands-on activity for kids using Lego. In serching for cool Lego stuff (yes, that's what I do for work) I came across this and could not contain my excitement! With a 3D printer (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing, I know of 3D printing because we have it in the dept), Carnegie Mellon Professor Golan Levin developed the Free Universal Constrauction Kit - "A collection of nearly 80 adapter bricks that enable complete interoperability between ten popular children's construction toys."
While some people were worried about legal concerns, so far none of the companies have reaised any issues with this. So until then, the models are available for download at http://fffff.at/free-universal-construction-kit/- all you will need then is to print these out with a 3D printer...
Other coverage: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/04/05/how-a-geek-dad-and-his-3d-printer-aim-to-liberate-legos/
"The Free Universal Construction Kit (http://fffff.at/free-universal-construction-kit) is a collection of nearly 80 adapter bricks that enable complete interoperability between ten popular children's construction toys." Via Theresa Liao
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