Ancient
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12:27 · 1.6M views · Dec 19, 2022
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.
HN finds the miniaturization mind-blowing and cites it as a standout example of surreal hobbyist technology.
4 comments from Hacker News
A hobbyist made a 2x2 angled LEGO brick with a computer and an OLED display embedded into it: this 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 he used a cheap, readily available 3D printer to manufacture the jigs and mould parts is the icing on the cake. When I grew up, computer monitors were heavy and had big vacuum tubes in them made out of thick glass. At the scale of a LEGO brick, it was already amazing having a single LED light instead of an incandescent light bulb! A working computer!? With a display? Madness!
His stuff is fascinating. He first came to my attention when he built the working LEGO computer bricks, as shown here: this video This shows it being built but if you want to see it working, jump to just after 12 minutes.
as you mention gaming – do you know the doom-in-lego-brick? [LINK] and brick assembly this video There are some video links in the (german) article [LINK] . Mind-blowing.
An earlier iteration of the same block is imo more impressive in its creativity - this video - such an unexpected and yet completely natural extension of the brick set.