Anybody who has a penchant for LEGO probably has a bucket or two of messily mixed brick somewhere in their abode—like sands through the hourglass, so are the pieces of sets once destroyed by los gatos ...

Sick of sorting bricks? So was 25-year-old Daniel West, until his skill and determination brought him to build the incredible "Universal Lego Sorter". Made from 10,000+ Lego bricks itself, along with ...

I don't know about you, but when I was kid I had boxes and boxes of LEGO that my parents bought me to keep me out of their hair. This LEGO wasn't sorted in the slightest, in fact it probably couldn't ...

Why it matters: For unleashing creativity across all ages, it's hard to beat Lego, the latest proof of which is given by Daniel West, creator of the Universal LEGO Sorting Machine. Combining AI, Lego ...

On YouTube, you can learn how one man created a Lego sorting machine using AI, motors, and of course, Lego bricks. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on ...

In our opinion, the primary evidence of a properly lived childhood is an enormous box of every conceivable Lego piece, from simple bricks to girders and gears, all with a small town’s worth of ...

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For parents, children, and Lego aficionados everywhere, it's a good day to be alive. Everyone loves to build with Lego bricks, but no one likes the cleanup — so using AI technology, Jacques Mattheij, ...

What’s the worst thing about LEGO? Most would agree that it’s the fact that those bright and colorful pieces of ABS are somehow the most evil thing that can come between your bare feet and solid ...

Introduction Does your community have single-stream recycling, which allows you to mix materials into one recycling container? Have you ever wondered how those materials all get separated so they can ...

Each year, over 90 million tons of recyclable materials end up in U.S. landfills. Recycling sorting has been mechanized for decades in the United States. Optical sorters are one of the most ...