Deciding that the lowly building block was due for an upgrade, researchers at MIT have created something amazing. The simple-looking M-Blocks are made from an aluminum frame filled with electronics, ...

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At a friend’s home a few weeks ago, I watched his three-year old son quite happily knock down tower after tower of colored stacking blocks as soon as they started to look like something useful. He ...