Lego Smart Bricks: Hype vs Reality
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Legos Star Wars Smart Bricks, despite promising interactive play with sensors and connectivity, face early setbacks. Key features like microphones and distance sensors are disabled, limiting play to motion sensing and color detection. Real-world use falls short of demo hype, with underwhelming experiences and short battery life. Teardowns reveal fragile internals, and hackers have already cloned NFC Smart Tags, hinting at custom creations.
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