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Lego Brick Sorting Machine Uses AI to Save Millions from Landfill [video]
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ChrisArchitect
12 hours ago
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dlcarrier 12 hours ago
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Who's throwing away their legos? Random assortments of pieces sell for for like $5 to $10 a pound, where I live.
benoau 11 hours ago
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I'd be surprised if landfill wasn't the most popular outcome when people with lego die.
DANmode 12 hours ago
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Anyone with less than two pounds, I’d imagine.
mcphage 5 hours ago
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Who disassembles them all? That seems to be a serious chunk of the effort.
toomuchtodo 12 hours ago
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Working towards open source:
https://basically.website/
(“Sorter”)
(exhibiting at Brickworld if in your area)
ChrisArchitect 12 hours ago
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Article:
https://www.lep.co.uk/news/lancashire-rawtenstall-lego-webuy...
(exhibiting at Brickworld if in your area)