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In the beginning when I saw the pictures, I thought that you could build levels for a 2D platform game with Lego and the game automatically reads them in via Webcam or so and you could play them.

That would be fun! :)

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I thought the same thing! The next generation of toys gets me really excited. I hope things like that become a reality. I can't wait to play.... err get them for my kids. ;)

We can also enjoy those toys, not just our kids. LOL

I was expecting him to have hooked up a kinect to the level editor, so he could scan in all his lego levels.

Why can't we just put a computer in every lego piece with inputs and output on the "pegs" and holes, and have the pieces figure out on their own how they're put together? Then we just need a USB-to-lego adapter to export to the computer.

Anyone into distributed systems research?

There are a few research systems that do exactly this, and I think that some of them may be coming to the market soon.

http://www.modrobotics.com/ is the one that I could find quickish.

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