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Brick Assembly

A maker's time-lapse of building a working computer inside a LEGO-style brick, using a tiny 0.42-inch OLED screen, with a demo at the end.

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HN finds the miniaturization mind-blowing and cites it as a standout example of surreal hobbyist technology.

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A hobbyist made a 2x2 angled LEGO brick with a computer and an OLED display embedded into it: [VIDEO] This is a mind blowing level of miniaturization, especially considering that this was assembled by someone at home with commercially available off-the-shelf parts! The fact that …
jiggawatts on Hacker News · 2023-01
In Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) technology you have seen?
as you mention gaming – do you know the doom-in-lego-brick? [LINK] and brick assembly [VIDEO] There are some video links in the (german) article [LINK] . Mind-blowing.
mro_name on Hacker News · 2023-02
In If you're happy with OpenBSD, probably any computer is good enough
His stuff is fascinating. He first came to my attention when he built the working LEGO computer bricks, as shown here: [VIDEO] This shows it being built but if you want to see it working, jump to just after 12 minutes.
nmstoker on Hacker News · 2024-09
In Doom on a Volumetric Display [video]

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