"Lego brick sets based around Smart Bricks will be packed with things like light and motion sensors, a speaker, lights, a wirelessly rechargeable battery and other components. According to Lego, that means builds that include a four-by-two Smart Brick are able to "react uniquely depending on how it's moved, twisted, and turned." "You might hear our SMART Brick roaring like a jet plane or flushing like a toilet," Lego explained in a rundown of how the system could work."
"As explained in Lego's blog posts, tags can do things like tell a Smart Brick that it's now part of an aircraft, boat, or other vehicle, or that it's attached to the back of a dinosaur or animal. They're also embedding the chips into Smart Minifigures, which are like the standard Lego people and characters, but programmed with their own personalities."
""Each Smart Minifigure reacts differently to the world around them," Lego explained, "through their own sounds, moods and reactions, which are played back to you via the SMART Brick." Put a nervous minifigure on a spaceship, and they might freak out, Lego said. "Every SMART Play Minifigure reacts uniquely to any given play scenario," the company added."
Lego's Smart Play system adds electronic Smart Bricks equipped with light and motion sensors, a speaker, lights, and a wirelessly rechargeable battery to regular bricks. A four-by-two Smart Brick can react differently depending on movement, rotation, and orientation and can play sounds such as engine noise or flushing. Smart Bricks remain inactive unless paired with a Smart Minifigure or a flat 2x2 Smart Tag that uses NFC-like functionality. Lego created a custom ASIC chip smaller than a standard stud to manage Smart Play behavior. Tags and Smart Minifigures communicate contextual identity and personalities that change how Smart Bricks respond.
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