Imagine: Capturing the UPC code of a food and receiving a text back if the food product is safe to eat based on your personal food allergies. A new service aims to provide a database to do just that.

MILWAUKEE -- As kids, many of us probably built simple things while playing with Legos. A nostalgic toy for many, the blocks are cranked up a few notches and used as a teaching tool for pre-teens, who ...

A team of Hilo keiki will pit their Lego robot against 49 others in Honolulu today at the FIRST Lego League State Tournament. Seven Hilo students make up the Lava Bots, the only East Hawaii FIRST Lego ...

LAS VEGAS -- Vernie considers me with his icy blue yes, an orange eyebrow slightly cocked. Then, suddenly, he races forward and asks me my name. I shout it into the nearby tablet and we commence ...

JOSEPH — Legos are just a set of snap-together toy building blocks that kids enjoy, right? Well, now they’re being turned into something to build a technological future for youngsters. That was ...

Fifteen schools, over a hundred kids, and thousands of LEGO blocks. The first lego league qualifying tournament at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse was a lot of fun for kids and adults, but it's also a ...

NANTICOKE — Youngsters got the opportunity to calculate turn arcs, gauge traction, program sensors and — oh, seriously, who cares? Time for Sumo-bot death match! “We want to fight someone!” Murphy ...

It’s encouraging to see Lego use technology to innovate on its standard bricks, but it should also make use of the ...

Xiaomi is producing a plastic toy robot that you can assemble into different forms, and control with an app. Called the Toy Block, the coding toy appears to rely on Lego-like pieces. The kit will come ...

Few are more excited about Lego's new Mindstorms sets rolling out next month than Silicon Valley engineers. Many of them were drawn to the tech sector by the flagship kits that came on the market in ...