Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept method for programming mechanical properties into solid Lego-like building blocks. By controlling the solidity of hundreds ...
The U.S. Army has developed "Lego-like" concrete bricks in order to rapidly construct bridges during military campaigns. The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, a subdivision of the ...
Some people in South Florida already do — in a first-of-its-kind apartment project using innovative new building blocks designed to be assembled much like a giant toy kit. But unlike the structures ...