tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post6973190001028739108..comments2024-03-27T08:37:54.894+00:00Comments on New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: LEGO® Braille bricksAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-40709184104247138782020-04-18T14:20:34.149+01:002020-04-18T14:20:34.149+01:00I'm confused by the only passing to kids, not ...I'm confused by the only passing to kids, not schools. As someone who has taught a kid braille (I work in a deaf school but we sometimes get kids who go blind because of a few different syndromes), this would be amazing for class. And would get used over and over with different kids. I can almost bet few would get passed on and pieces would get lost. That's just kids. Anyway, we 3D print similar, but of course, the quality is nowhere near as good as this! I hope they will make it available to schools and organisations as well. I'm sure I could get work to buy a few sets.Lou de Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03459133973885618159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-9138682999577396932019-05-24T06:13:25.421+01:002019-05-24T06:13:25.421+01:00I don't know if the Tom's shoe company sta...I don't know if the Tom's shoe company started it or just popularized the concept, but I'd be in for a buy one/ donate one set.-idogcowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237395340011625992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-69292725541575612922019-05-23T23:43:42.524+01:002019-05-23T23:43:42.524+01:00As someone who has a disability it is nice to see ...As someone who has a disability it is nice to see LEGO doing something like this. While it may not be for the general builder. It still will have an important impact. JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862737208482872606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-85171343179285243452019-05-23T19:54:03.410+01:002019-05-23T19:54:03.410+01:00Well, that's dark.Well, that's dark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-30919836995156287342019-05-23T10:45:01.899+01:002019-05-23T10:45:01.899+01:00It is, just very faint on these poor quality proto...It is, just very faint on these poor quality prototypes.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-43178186933675290342019-05-23T10:44:39.395+01:002019-05-23T10:44:39.395+01:00So, I didn't fully explain. Letters and number...So, I didn't fully explain. Letters and numbers all have dots in the top row. The other combinations are all used for other special characters. I think the special characters LEGO will include all have more dots in the left column than the right, again to assist with orientation. As for numbers, to distinguish them from letters, they are preceded by the # brick you can see in the #LEGO pic.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-12756800537340950492019-05-23T09:53:42.123+01:002019-05-23T09:53:42.123+01:00Is there any reason that the Lego logo isn't m...Is there any reason that the Lego logo isn't moulded on the studs?Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03153354369186460053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-52305254704343959902019-05-23T06:12:22.744+01:002019-05-23T06:12:22.744+01:00Great article! I’m of course sad these bricks won’...Great article! I’m of course sad these bricks won’t be available for the public, but they seem too odd compared to regular bricks, so I can understand why. An interesting aspect of this is that if Braille bricks show up in MOCs, we will know that someone stole them from some blind kid.o0gerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207841673941177350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-34641843791016212062019-05-23T03:57:11.067+01:002019-05-23T03:57:11.067+01:00Huh - I just noticed in one of the pictures there ...Huh - I just noticed in one of the pictures there are grey bricks with no studs in either the top or bottom rows, so maybe 63 moulds is the correct figure after all, and it's the statement that there will always be at least one stud in the top row that is incorrect?jonWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-86149925059238626132019-05-23T03:53:24.522+01:002019-05-23T03:53:24.522+01:00Thanks for this interesting article. If the top ro...Thanks for this interesting article. If the top row of studs always includes at least one, then the number of (non-empty) combinations of the 6 studs is less than 63. I make it 48 (your 64, minus the 16 that have nothing in the top row and all combinations of the remaining 4 studs). Did TLG give you the figure of 63 molds? If so I wonder what the others were for...jonWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-42938492701149824372019-05-23T01:02:32.145+01:002019-05-23T01:02:32.145+01:00It's awesome that they're doing this, and ...It's awesome that they're doing this, and the article is quite an interesting read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com