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Frameable LEGO® Modular Buildings

An Exclusive Interview with Natalia Meijerink

What do you get when you combine an architect, a LEGO fan and an Etsy shop in one person? You get Natalia Meijerink and her framed LEGO building fronts.
- Amsterdam house front. -

– Amsterdam house front. –

Framing Amsterdam landmarks and custom buildings from anywhere in the world, Natalia’s artwork is truly unique. Learn her story and see more of her artwork below.

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Credit to the Thief

A Guest Post From The LEGO Car Blog

You don’t need to be the first to do something to receive the credit of invention. Apple has become the most valuable company on earth not by their own invention, but by refining other companies’ ideas and marketing them to the masses. The iPod was the first portable mp3 right? Er… no. The iPad the first touch screen tablet? Not even close. And yet what was this blog entry typed on? Yup, a Mac.
- Hasan designed this LEGO version of the Volkswagon Golf GTI. -

– The Volkswagon Golf GTI is considered a leader in innovation. –

Such practices (and consumer delusions) are just as rife within the automotive industry as they are within tech. In fact, many Americans still wrongly believe that the American, Henry Ford, invented the motorcar. In reality, Karl Benz invented the automobile 20 years before Ford introduced his famous “Model T”!

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No More “Monopoly” on Business Games

An Exclusive Interview with the Creators of UPSTART

Have you ever dreamed of creating and selling your own game? An entrepreneur with gaming experience, Richard “D-cal” Dacalos, fell into a depression after 3 years of running a small business.
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– What’s more fun than starting a business? Playing a game about starting your own business. –

D-cal had learned so much in those 3 years, yet he was beyond frustrated! Locking himself away in a room for a week, he cut paper scraps, scribbled ideas, and re-purposed LEGO bricks, transforming his pain into an exciting business-themed board game.

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While Surfing Kickstarter, I found This

5 Insider Tips from Idea Team Alex and Sorcha O'Connor

Alex O’Connor didn’t come up with his big idea at work or in his lazy chair. Instead the idea hit him while he was out doing what he loves – surfing.
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– Sealblades are the world’s first retractable hand paddles. They’re cooler in real life. –

Doing what you love can lead to a great idea, but getting that idea to market is a lot of work.

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Child Inventor Grows Up to Save Lives

From the Farm to the Hospital: The CT Scanner Story

A sneak peak into Godfrey Hounsfield’s childhood would reveal a boy diving from the top of a hay mound with his home-made glider or blasting projectiles into the air using waterjet propulsion. Godfrey loved growing up on the farm, and most of all he loved the machines.

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Before there was such a thing as an “engineering department” at universities, Godfrey studied electrical engineering theory and practical applications at the respected Faraday House in London. A volunteer in the Royal Air Force, Godfrey Hounsfield carried his childhood interests into adulthood, becoming skilled in electronics, radar and guided weapons systems.

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Are You a Creator or Consumer?

2 Artists Whose Technical Smarts Wowed the World

Everyone has interests, but what do you do with yours? Maybe you love sports as long as you don’t have to work up a sweat. Perhaps you watch HGTV but have never handled a hammer or picked up a paintbrush.
- Robert Fulton's steamboat started with an artist's brush. -

– Robert Fulton’s steamboat started with an artist’s brush. –

Our society encourages us to consume – whether it be food, movies, apps or just “stuff.” I get it. It’s easy to consume, and it’s hard to create. But constant consumption without creation will leave us feeling empty.

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Don’t Let the Bright People Get All the Bright Ideas!

Edison Was 99% Failure and 1% Success

Edison’s path to success was called “trial and error.” Too often we assume that going through trials means we are doing something wrong, that error is failure, and that failure is final. Success is an achievement, the result of grueling effort. Olympians are not merely gifted humans, they are persistent, disciplined and talented. Edison attributed his brilliance to hard work.
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– A single bright idea looks so easy. –

We know that Edison said, “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” Many do not know, however, how terribly inefficient Edison’s “perspiration,” or hard work, was. Learn the five ways hard work and willingness to fail can lead to brilliant inspiration…

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Why Nikola Tesla is Alive and Well

How a Ridiculed Genius Built His Legacy

You’ve seen the cars – you know, those self-driving ones that evoke so much buzz. “Tesla” is quickly becoming a household name, but before the car bearing that moniker, there was the man.
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– Tesla’s demonstrations were electrifying. –

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a mad scientist, lone genius and one of the most consequential inventors of all time…

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