The humble Lego brick is having a dramatic technological makeover that could transform how kids – and a fair few adults – play with the iconic toy.

I was one of the first to play with the new Lego Smart Brick technology, and I'm convinced that it will delight people of all ages.

Lego sets are an NBC Select-reader favorite for a lot of reasons. They’re incredibly giftable and they allow builders of all ages to exercise creativity in their free time. Fortunately, Lego just put its popular Creative Brick Box on sale for almost half ...

The Smart Brick looks very similar to a normal 2x4 Lego brick, but it contains a custom Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip which is smaller than one of the studs on the brick itself. It’s joined by an accelerometer and a copper coil, and Lego has created its own Play Engine and Neighbor Position Measurement (NPM) system.