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MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Booz Allen Hamilton's Chief Systems Engineer John A. Thomas, Senior Vice President, is a featured speaker at the inaugural FIRST Lego League qualifier in the District of Columbia. Founded by renowned Segway inventor Dean Kamen, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is Booz Allen's signature nationwide education partner, providing accessible, innovative science and technology programs for students in early elementary through...
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 26, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced a new version of its intuitive drag-and-drop software that powers the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 robotics kits for retail and education. With this system, children as young as 9 years old can design their own robots using new features such as color recognition, Bluetooth support and additional robot models that offer children more options to express their creativity. The software, which...
SAN FRANCISCO, October 15 /PRNewswire/ -- - Advergaming Taken to a New Level for With LEGO(R) Star Wars(TM): Quest for R2-D2. Unity Technologies, the provider of the revolutionary Unity development platform today announced that the LEGO Group chose Unity for the creation of its recently launched 'LEGO(R) Star Wars(TM): The Quest for R2-D2' browser based online game, developed by Three Melons. "We are really proud to have Unity powering a LEGO Star Wars game," says...
WINDSOR, England, September 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Today LEGOLAND(R) Windsor announced that the bricks used to build James May's LEGO(R) House will be going on display at the Berkshire theme park as part of an exciting annual LEGO brick building event. Over 3 million LEGO bricks will be coming to the park so that thousands of families will have the opportunity of building with them next season. Martin Williams, sales & marketing director of LEGOLAND Windsor said: "We're thrilled...
British TV host James May says he built the world's first full-size home made of Lego building blocks and is now facing its likely destruction. The Top Gear co-host said he and nearly 1,000 volunteers constructed a two-story home in the British county of Surrey made of 3.3 million Lego bricks, but they have been unable to find anyone to assume ownership of the rare home, The Daily Mail said Sunday. May and his volunteers built the 20-foot-tall Lego home at Denbies Wine Estate, but vineyard...
NEW YORK, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of the inaugural Disney D23 expo, LEGO Systems Inc. encouraged Disney fans and families to participate in a four-day collaborative build of an 8x15-foot LEGO mural celebrating Walt Disney, iconic characters like Mickey Mouse, Tinker Bell, Goofy and Buzz Lightyear among others. Comprised of more than 150,000 LEGO bricks the mural featured 19 colors and was built by a LEGO Master Model Builder and 4,000 Expo attendees as part of the Disney Consumer...
Johns Hopkins University engineers are using Lego blocks to visualize the nanoscale behavior of particles, cells and molecules too small to be seen. The researchers said they arrange Lego pieces shaped like pegs to re-create microscopic activity taking place inside lab-on-a-chip devices at a scale they can more easily observe. Scientists said lab-on-a-chip devices, also known as microfluidic arrays, are commonly used to sort tiny samples by size, shape or composition, but the minuscule...
Johns Hopkins engineers are using a popular children's toy to visualize the behavior of particles, cells and molecules in environments too small to see with the naked eye. These researchers are arranging little LEGO pieces shaped like pegs to re-create microscopic activity taking place inside lab-on-a-chip devices at a scale they can more easily observe.These lab-on-a-chip devices, also known as microfluidic arrays, are commonly used to sort tiny samples by size, shape or composition, but...
LEGO Systems Inc., based in Connecticut, says its 10th anniversary LEGO Star Wars celebration will include online comics featuring the iconic droid R2-D2.LEGO Star Wars was the company's first licensed property and the brand covers a variety of games and toys.Fans can visit www.StarWars.LEGO.com to find new comics, which follow the saga of the search for R2-D2.A 5-minute LEGO Star Wars CGI animation mini-movie, The Quest for R2-D2, is to premiere as a commercial event within Cartoon Network...
ENFIELD, Conn., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- LEGO Systems, Inc. continues its year-long celebration of 10 years of LEGO(R) STAR WARS(TM), its first licensed property, by inviting fans to join a search for R2-D2 in a fun-filled crossover event featuring the fan-favorite droid. Taking place through online animated comics that culminate in a 5-minute LEGO STAR WARS CGI animation mini movie, "The Quest for R2-D2" will premiere as a commercial event within Cartoon Network prime time programming on...
