A floor peppered with Lego pieces is a midnight minefield for barefoot parents, but a YouTuber going by "Unnecessary Inventions" has now designed a 3D-printed Shop Vac attachment that allows you to ...

With great LEGO sets come great responsibility – that is, finding a way to store your beloved blocks without losing crucial pieces. A dropped piece can easily get lost in carpet, under the couch, or ...

If you've ever stepped on a Lego brick, you know the sheer pain that can be induced by one tiny piece of plastic. For years, parents around the world have looked for easy ways to clean up their family ...

Folks have been hacking the Roomba for the last few years, but we’ve seen very few attempts at people building their own robotic vacuum cleaners, until now. Dave Astolfo of PlastiBots built his own ...

Calling all parents. There’s a new invention that — if it ever actually hit store shelves — would make sure you never, ever step on your kid’s LEGOs again. You (and your feet) will be eternally ...

Lego is a beloved toy for most families — it fosters kids' imagination, promotes creative thinking, and encourages endless hours of independent play. But the brand's latest product "launch" felt like ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. When I ...

The last chapter of the fourth book of the Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy mentions two hacks that made life pleasant enough to prevent a war: a super-fly that could fly out of the open half ...

A robot to sort your plastic containers, clean your windows, and fetch you a drink may be on its way. It’s not a humanoid, but rather a little critter, built with soft artificial muscles powered by a ...