How Lego’s Smart Brick works
The most interesting story at this year's CES was just a little tiny bundle of technology. One way to look at Lego's new Smart Brick is as something like a Raspberry Pi, an endlessly remixable gizmo with infinite hacking potential - it can be anything, in the best possible way. Another way to look at it is as a crushing blow to creativity, a new way for things to break or be paywalled, and an affront to everything we love about Lego. Maybe it's both. Or somewhere in between.
On this episode of The Vergecast, The Verge's Sean Hollister explains how the Smart Brick works and why this tiny square feels so complicated. He explains why Lego migh …