Brick Assembly

What it is

A maker's time-lapse of building a working computer inside a LEGO-style brick, using a tiny 0.42-inch OLED screen, with a demo at the end.

HN finds the miniaturization mind-blowing and cites it as a standout example of surreal hobbyist technology.

“This is a mind blowing level of miniaturization”
Hobbyist builds a computer with OLED display inside a LEGO brick.
jiggawatts, 2023-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) technology you have seen?”
“Mind-blowing.”
Brick assembly of computer-in-LEGO-brick project.
mro_name, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “If you're happy with OpenBSD, probably any computer is good enough”
“His stuff is fascinating.”
Build of the working LEGO computer bricks; working demo after 12 minutes.
nmstoker, 2024-09 · Recommendation · in “Doom on a Volumetric Display [video]”
“such an unexpected and yet completely natural extension of the brick set”
Earlier brick iteration, a creative natural extension of the brick set.
eps, 2025-12 · Recommendation · in “Multivox: Volumetric Display”

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Topics: lego, miniaturization, oled, maker, embedded