{"id":134,"date":"2026-03-06T00:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=134"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:59:11","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:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"What if your real computer was a super-sized Lego computer brick?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"The M2x2 in action. | Image: Paul Staal\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Paul Staal\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/20260302_110519.CUnGWd3N_Z1XjOUL.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe M2x2 in action. | Image: Paul Staal\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In 1979 &#8211; nearly 50 years ago &#8211; Lego jazzed up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23173235\/lego-galaxy-explorer-90th-anniversary-birthday-price-release-date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its very first spaceships<\/a> with an iconic sloped computer brick that was just painted plastic. In 2022, we introduced you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/8\/20\/23308217\/lego-brick-computer-james-brown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the engineer who fit an actual tiny computer inside<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Now, industrial designer Paul Staal has flipped the script with a working desktop PC that&#8217;s a super-sized homage to the classic computer brick (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/cyberDeck\/comments\/1rjozwu\/the_m2x2_a_3dprinted_101scale_lego_computer_brick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackster.io\/news\/the-m2x2-turns-a-classic-lego-brick-into-a-real-computer-b350a57736db.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hackster.io<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/m2x2.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;You can play with this 3D model at Staal's site.&lt;\/em&gt; | Model: Paul Staal\" data-portal-copyright=\"Model: Paul Staal\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It&#8217;s ten times bigger than the original:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/the-m2x2-a-3d-printed-10-1-scale-lego-computer-brick-v0-9xv99wg3wtmg1.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;Size comparison.&lt;\/em&gt; | Image: Paul Staal\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Paul Staal\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The &#8220;M2x2&#8221; is largely a 3D-printed case for a Mac Mini &#8211; one you can <a href=\"https:\/\/makerworld.com\/en\/models\/2469337-the-m2x2-a-mac-mini-m4-case#profileId-2710965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freely print at home yourself<\/a> &#8211; but it&#8217;s not just a shell. He&#8217;s outfitted it with a 7-inch IPS touchscreen display, and a full array of add \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/890047\/what-if-your-real-computer-was-a-super-sized-lego-computer-brick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The M2x2 in action. | Image: Paul Staal In 1979 &#8211; nearly 50 years ago &#8211; Lego jazzed up its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}