Building a martian rover is one thing, but re-creating it without any glue is another.
(Credit: BattleBricks/Will Gorman)
In our twisted pop geek culture, it's not cutting-edge technology until it's been replicated with the most simplistic of child's toys. With that in mind, congrats are due to NASA's Curiosity rover, which has finally been reduced to a scale model made of Legos. Oh yea, the full-size rover also landed on Mars yesterday.
Doug Moran and Will Gorman used thousands of Lego Technic and Mindstorms bricks to create the model capable of turning 360 degrees and controlled via a special Mindstorms NXT joystick and a separate NXT Bluetooth interface for the arms and mast. In addition to the mounds of Lego bricks involved, there are also 13 LEGO NXT motors and two power function motors helping the project ambulate.
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