On average, Lego produces about 20 billion plastic bricks and building elements every year, and most come from injection molding machines that are so precise that just 18 of every million parts ...

Lego will include its first production-scale 3D printed element — a functional train piece made with EOS polymer technology — in the 956-piece Holiday Express Train set debuting in October.

Some people think the future will include a 3D printer in every home. We think if LEGO started producing these as kits we’d get pretty close. Introducing the home-made LEGO 3D printer… with a ...

An engineering student lacking the funds for a Makerbot created one himself with what he happened to have available: a box of Lego. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

Lego isn’t just for building spaceship replicas and memorable scenes from your favorite franchise. Scientists in Wales have used the beloved plastic bricks to piece together a machine that grows human ...