Long before there was Lego, there was Meccano (in the UK at least) and it is probably one of the reasons I took up engineering. I’m not sure why it is no longer as popular as Lego but clearly the world has moved on. But, can’t help think aspiring engineers would do well cut their teeth on Meccano: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meccano
What are Legos if not 3D pixels? I suspect the next generation of 3D printers will be somewhat Lego-based. That would allow mixed materials…glass, plastic, metal, even vegetables and icing.
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… actually John, I saw your first Google assignment online just this very day: http://tinyurl.com/ld8br5n
Long before there was Lego, there was Meccano (in the UK at least) and it is probably one of the reasons I took up engineering. I’m not sure why it is no longer as popular as Lego but clearly the world has moved on. But, can’t help think aspiring engineers would do well cut their teeth on Meccano: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meccano
Richard
I still can’t believe you’re going John!
What are Legos if not 3D pixels? I suspect the next generation of 3D printers will be somewhat Lego-based. That would allow mixed materials…glass, plastic, metal, even vegetables and icing.
Now you can be like Leno,”I don’t care, I only have a few weeks to go!!!’