{"id":2475,"date":"2026-03-06T04:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/what-if-your-real-computer-was-a-super-sized-lego-computer-brick\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T04:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:59:11","slug":"what-if-your-real-computer-was-a-super-sized-lego-computer-brick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/what-if-your-real-computer-was-a-super-sized-lego-computer-brick\/","title":{"rendered":"What if your real computer was a super-sized Lego computer brick?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tThe M2x2 in action. | Image: Paul Staal\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

In 1979 – nearly 50 years ago – Lego jazzed up its very first spaceships<\/a> with an iconic sloped computer brick that was just painted plastic. In 2022, we introduced you to the engineer who fit an actual tiny computer inside<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, industrial designer Paul Staal has flipped the script with a working desktop PC that’s a super-sized homage to the classic computer brick (via Reddit<\/a> and Hackster.io<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n

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It’s ten times bigger than the original:<\/p>\n

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The \u00ab\u00a0M2x2\u00a0\u00bb is largely a 3D-printed case for a Mac Mini – one you can freely print at home yourself<\/a> – but it’s not just a shell. He’s outfitted it with a 7-inch IPS touchscreen display, and a full array of add \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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