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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

DIY: Build a mousetrap with LEGOs

This post started out with three projects for building simple mousetraps from Lifehacker, the DIY section, such as "Make a DIY No-Kill Mousetrap with a Toilet Paper Roll," "Make a No-Kill Mousetrap with a Jar and a Nickel," and "Build a Better Mouse Trap with LEGO." (Check out the comments on this page -- not everyone agrees this mousetrap is better.)   These are all very good, simple, and fun projects, but the other useful things you can build with LEGO won my write-in vote today.

This Lifehacker McGyver Challenge was to "hack something cool with LEGO pieces."  Note that the McGyver series is written by fellow Google+ member, Walter Glenn.  The mousetrap won this challenge, but the other entries are also notable.

Weston's laptop stand:

image: LEGO laptop stand by Weston

BBombers' Rotisserator Refrigerator:


From the Gallery of LEGO docks to hold any smartphone is this Star Wars-inspired iPhone 5 dock by Zombklr (click on the Comments tab to see Zombklr's repertoire):

image: LEGO smartphone docker by Zombklr

And did you know there's a First LEGO League that is international and grants innovation awards? -- Marge

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