Marking another first in the company's history, MINDSTORMS EV3 is the first LEGO playset to incorporate 3D building instructions, made possible through collaboration with Autodesk.

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Girl Scout Troop develops non-pharmaceutical remedy for sleeplessness in senior citizens: When faced with the challenge of alleviating insomnia without complicated drug interactions, The Atomic Flying Pickles, a FIRST Lego League team of 6th grade Girl Scouts hailing from Los Alamos, New Mexico , came up with a novel idea.

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There has been a Legoland in Billund, Denmark since the 1960s, but for the first time Lego seems to be taking the amusement park business seriously.

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On the topic of robot makers, this week also saw robot builder Simon Burfield put together the world's first working wheelchair made of Lego bricks.

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According to Manneh, the combination of LEGO and Minecraft combination was one of the first things the newly formed company (which was formed in 2010) decided to pursue.

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For example, in his first year, he tried to teach students about buoyancy by floating a Lego man on a boat down a stream.

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While the number of LEGO-branded items grew, sales did not, and in 1998 the company suffered its first financial loss.

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