The ‘Star Wars’ legend discusses LEGO SMART Play, generational fandom, and stepping into his new J.E.D.I. role.

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. “There are more sensors that will be ...

I’m deep inside Lego’s headquarters in Billund, Denmark, in a private office that’s part of the company’s Creative Play Lab. The secretive division of 237 staff based here and in London, Boston, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Katherine Kuchenbecker (left) and Andrew Schulz (right) with a 3D-printed replica of an elephant's trunk hair, which helped the ...

If those ideas translate, designers could build whisker-like probes that “tell” you where contact happened through their materials alone. Research findings are available online in the journal Science.

Researchers argue that the problem that has been lurking in the margins of many papers about touch sensors lies in the robotic skin itself. Researchers at Northwestern University and Israel's Tel Aviv ...

Last year, a really cool collaboration was unveiled in the form of the Pokemon LEGO collection. Yes, the pocket monsters that we’ve been enjoying for almost 30 years were getting their very own LEGO ...

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker face off in one of Lego's new Smart Play sets (Nathan Ingraham for Engadget) Lego’s Smart Play system announced at CES 2026 earlier this week is a new embrace of digital ...

The brand-new, jaw-dropping Lego smart brick tech can recognize other bricks, activate effects and play music. They're debuting in Star Wars Lego sets this spring and we got an early look at CES 2026.

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. On March 1st, 2026, The Lego Group will ...

At CES 2026, Lego has announced the upcoming launch of the Lego Smart Play system, an interactive technology the company is calling the biggest evolution to Lego bricks since the introduction of the ...

This video shows how to build a LEGO gumball candy vending machine using standard LEGO bricks. The tutorial covers the full construction process, including the candy storage area, simple turning ...