{"id":61096,"date":"2013-12-19T16:48:29","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T14:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=61096"},"modified":"2013-12-19T17:35:54","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T15:35:54","slug":"functional-car-made-almost-entirely-out-of-lego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/61096-functional-car-made-almost-entirely-out-of-lego","title":{"rendered":"Functional car made almost entirely out of LEGO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have to make a confession: I&#8217;m almost 25, and I love LEGO. I literally cannot leave alone a pile of LEGO that has no-one playing with it. At first I thought I was abnormal, but now I know that I&#8217;m pretty normal. It&#8217;s these guys who made a working car out of LEGO that put things in perspective.<\/p>\n<p>The project is the brainchild of Melbourne, Australia entrepreneur Steve Sammartino and his friend Raul Oaida, a self-taught engineer from Romania. The parts required for the car (amounting to over 500,000 pieces of LEGO) were obtained by crowdfunding through Twitter, attracting about 40 participants.<\/p>\n<p>Its officially called the Super Awesome Micro Project (S.A.M.P) and the car runs entirely on compressed air. Its top speed is between 20-30km\/h, but the team hasn&#8217;t yet tested the top speed of the vehicle &#8211; mostly because it&#8217;s built out of LEGO. It was constructed by Oaida in Romania and then shipped out in secret to Australia, where the car was tested.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ObE4_nMCjE\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The project cost around AUS $25,000 and Sammartino didn&#8217;t disclose how long it took for the car to be completed. In a prospectus given to contributors, Sammartino wrote that it wasn&#8217;t going to be done for profit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There will be NO fiscal return on this. Regard it as a techie \/ hacker community project where committed funds are philanthropic in nature. This project has high risk and may fail,&#8221; he wrote in the prospectus. &#8220;If sufficient funds are not raised, the money will be returned. Any excess funds will be redistributed pro rate to backers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The car was also intended to make a statement and to make people think about how we use technology today and what kind of world we&#8217;re leaving to future generations thanks to our use of fossil fuels and manufacturing plants that create so much pollution, as Sammartino also wrote in his prospectus.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The project is one of those things that is cool, but in reality can only be done once. In some ways it is a stunt , but with meaning. It has important implications for technology and the world it is creating. For all those involved it will bring credibility. For the public I am certain it will create deep curiosity.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-61096 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/61096-functional-car-made-almost-entirely-out-of-lego\/attachment\/super-awesome-project-1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Super-Awesome-Project-1-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Super Awesome Micro Project\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61098\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61098'>\n\t\t\t\tSuper Awesome Micro Project\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/61096-functional-car-made-almost-entirely-out-of-lego\/attachment\/super-awesome-project-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Super-Awesome-Project-2-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Super Awesome Micro Project\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61099\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61099'>\n\t\t\t\tSuper Awesome Micro Project\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/61096-functional-car-made-almost-entirely-out-of-lego\/attachment\/super-awesome-project-3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Super-Awesome-Project-3-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Super Awesome Micro Project\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61100\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61100'>\n\t\t\t\tSuper Awesome Micro Project\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/61096-functional-car-made-almost-entirely-out-of-lego\/attachment\/super-awesome-project-4'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Super-Awesome-Project-4-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Super Awesome Micro Project\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61101\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61101'>\n\t\t\t\tSuper Awesome Micro Project\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/61096-functional-car-made-almost-entirely-out-of-lego\/attachment\/super-awesome-project-5'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Super-Awesome-Project-5-96x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61102\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61102'>\n\t\t\t\tSuper Awesome Micro Project\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h6>Source: <a title=\"Super Awesome Micro Project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.superawesomemicroproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Super Awesome Micro Project<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More Gadget news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/61029-samsung-smartphone-gamepad-mobile-console-app-unveiled.html\">Samsung Smartphone GamePad, Mobile Console app unveiled<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/61005-microsoft-considers-offering-windows-phone-for-free.html\">Microsoft considers offering Windows Phone for free<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/60536-new-steam-machine-prototype-unveiled.html\">New Steam Machine prototype unveiled<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/60509-apple-biting-into-motion-controls.html\">Apple biting into motion controls?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEGO-gendary build quality, runs on compressed air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":61097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8585],"tags":[1488,21,1445,11882,11884,11883,11885],"class_list":["post-61096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-awesome","tag-headline","tag-lego","tag-lego-car","tag-raul-oaida","tag-steven-sammartino","tag-super-awesome-micro-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61103,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61096\/revisions\/61103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}