Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
code brick
English answer:
brick showing access code/password
Added to glossary by
Dave Calderhead
Oct 21, 2006 18:20
17 yrs ago
English term
code brick
English
Marketing
Marketing
Code brick in the models unlocks the product! And makes an online extension come alive.
(selling-in presentation of a new line of toys)
What kind of code can that be?
(selling-in presentation of a new line of toys)
What kind of code can that be?
Responses
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product code shown on a (Lego) brick
(assuming this is the same PPT presentation as earlier questions)
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I am assuming the presentation is interactive because of the following sentence about making an online extension come alive.
Thus, you click on a brick and get to see the product being built or something similar
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-21 20:07:30 GMT)
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I am assuming the presentation is interactive because of the following sentence about making an online extension come alive.
Thus, you click on a brick and get to see the product being built or something similar
Note from asker:
Yes, seems logical (although I've never heard of anything like that). I guess I need a break - I'm not thinking anymore :o) |
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Mark Nathan
: in the old days we were just happy with different colours and sizes of bricks, what is it all leading to?
55 mins
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Thanks, Mark (:-{)> I think they are building up to something!
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agree |
Alfa Trans (X)
2 days 21 hrs
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Thanks, Marju (:-{)>
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This one seems the most likely answer to me. Thank you! "
1 hr
a programmable Lego brick
... or a block of code (but since you context is Lego, probably the former)...
... and almost certainly if your general context is the Lego MindStorm product line, which features bricks with built-in microcontrollers for building 'intelligent' items such as robots.
see e.g.
Lego Mindstorms
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lego Mindstorms is a line of Lego Group robot kits combining programmable bricks with electric motors, sensors, Lego bricks, and Lego Technic pieces (such as gears, axles, beams, and pneumatic parts) to build robots and other automated or interactive systems.
Lego Mindstorms is marketed commercially as the Robotics Invention System (RIS). It is also sold and used as an educational tool, originally through a partnership between Lego and the MIT Media Laboratory [1], [2]. The educational version of the products is called Lego Mindstorms for Schools, and comes with the ROBOLAB GUI-based programming software.
Lego Mindstorms may be used to build a model of an embedded system with computer-controlled electromechanical parts. Almost all kinds of real-life embedded systems, from elevator controllers to industrial robots, may be modelled using Mindstorms.
There is a strong community of professionals and hobbyists of all ages involved in the sharing of designs, programming techniques, and other ideas associated with Lego Mindstorms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms
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another ref (you really should try googling Lego + "code brick")
Projects related to BusyBodies
The Lego Intelli-Train is a tangible toy train which reacts differently to ... "Code brick" can be snapped into the track to cause the train to toot, ...
snowedin.net/ideas/Projects+related+to+BusyBodies
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-10-21 20:40:34 GMT)
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Hmmm, apparently not quite quite what I thought (and not that many relevant refs).
The following is from an e-bay site, so probably only available in google cache:
BRAND NEW BOXED LEGO DUPLO INTELLIGENT TRAIN SYSTEM (3335)
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT TRAIN SYSTEM THAT HAS SO MUCH INTERACTIVE PLAY.
FIRST YOU LAY THE TRACK 71CM X 59CM
THEN YOU ADD THE CODE BRICKS - BLUE CHANGES THE TRAINS DIRECTION,RED STOPS THE TRAIN FOR LOADING/UNLOADING CARGO (INCLUDED) AND THE PINK CODE BRICK ACTIVATES THE HORN.
THEN YOU ADD ONE OF THE TWO DRIVERS,THESE TRIGGER DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND HORN SOUNDS.
MY 3 YEAR OLD HAS ONE OF THESE AND CAN PLAY WITH IT FOR AGES, HE LOVES HEARING THE TRAIN 'START UP' ONCE IT HAS TO STOP AT THE RED CODE BRICK - WHICH HE HAS PUT ON THE TRACK! AND BY JUST PRESSING THE GREEN BUTTON ON THE TOP OF THE TRAIN IT ALL STARTS UP AGAIN.
PLUS IT YOU WANT YOU CAN ADD TO THIS AND LAY MORE TRACK OR LEGO BRICKS FOR BRIDGES ETC
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Presumably the or the train has some sort of intelligence that recogises a code from each different type of brick and causes the train to perform the corresponding action.
There are also google reference to 'code bricks' as components of interactive teaching systems that can be used to assemble physical systems that execute logical functions, but that apparently isn't what you're dealing with.
... and almost certainly if your general context is the Lego MindStorm product line, which features bricks with built-in microcontrollers for building 'intelligent' items such as robots.
see e.g.
Lego Mindstorms
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lego Mindstorms is a line of Lego Group robot kits combining programmable bricks with electric motors, sensors, Lego bricks, and Lego Technic pieces (such as gears, axles, beams, and pneumatic parts) to build robots and other automated or interactive systems.
Lego Mindstorms is marketed commercially as the Robotics Invention System (RIS). It is also sold and used as an educational tool, originally through a partnership between Lego and the MIT Media Laboratory [1], [2]. The educational version of the products is called Lego Mindstorms for Schools, and comes with the ROBOLAB GUI-based programming software.
Lego Mindstorms may be used to build a model of an embedded system with computer-controlled electromechanical parts. Almost all kinds of real-life embedded systems, from elevator controllers to industrial robots, may be modelled using Mindstorms.
There is a strong community of professionals and hobbyists of all ages involved in the sharing of designs, programming techniques, and other ideas associated with Lego Mindstorms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-21 20:12:39 GMT)
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another ref (you really should try googling Lego + "code brick")
Projects related to BusyBodies
The Lego Intelli-Train is a tangible toy train which reacts differently to ... "Code brick" can be snapped into the track to cause the train to toot, ...
snowedin.net/ideas/Projects+related+to+BusyBodies
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-10-21 20:40:34 GMT)
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Hmmm, apparently not quite quite what I thought (and not that many relevant refs).
The following is from an e-bay site, so probably only available in google cache:
BRAND NEW BOXED LEGO DUPLO INTELLIGENT TRAIN SYSTEM (3335)
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT TRAIN SYSTEM THAT HAS SO MUCH INTERACTIVE PLAY.
FIRST YOU LAY THE TRACK 71CM X 59CM
THEN YOU ADD THE CODE BRICKS - BLUE CHANGES THE TRAINS DIRECTION,RED STOPS THE TRAIN FOR LOADING/UNLOADING CARGO (INCLUDED) AND THE PINK CODE BRICK ACTIVATES THE HORN.
THEN YOU ADD ONE OF THE TWO DRIVERS,THESE TRIGGER DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND HORN SOUNDS.
MY 3 YEAR OLD HAS ONE OF THESE AND CAN PLAY WITH IT FOR AGES, HE LOVES HEARING THE TRAIN 'START UP' ONCE IT HAS TO STOP AT THE RED CODE BRICK - WHICH HE HAS PUT ON THE TRACK! AND BY JUST PRESSING THE GREEN BUTTON ON THE TOP OF THE TRAIN IT ALL STARTS UP AGAIN.
PLUS IT YOU WANT YOU CAN ADD TO THIS AND LAY MORE TRACK OR LEGO BRICKS FOR BRIDGES ETC
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-10-21 20:43:39 GMT)
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Presumably the or the train has some sort of intelligence that recogises a code from each different type of brick and causes the train to perform the corresponding action.
There are also google reference to 'code bricks' as components of interactive teaching systems that can be used to assemble physical systems that execute logical functions, but that apparently isn't what you're dealing with.
7 hrs
an explicitly identified piece of programming code
With all the greatest respects to the other answerers, this has little to do with Lego. It's techie jargon for programming code that is specifically identified or pointed out as waypoints or links for other programmers or computer programs. It also refers to the fundamental structure of a compúter program - the building bricks if you like.
Don't confuse with 'brick code'.
Please verify: -
Don't confuse with 'brick code'.
Please verify: -
Reference:
http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~iftode/splitsm.pdf
http://businessnetwork.smh.com.au/articles/2006/05/04/4551.html
22 hrs
turn-on brick containing code/password
I support your thought that the code brick can be something physical but provides virtual access support.
Because it "unlocks the product", it may be specially designed brick just to turn on the product and meant to give experience of the kind of swiping authenticated card when entering restricted area. The brick either has a code printed on it as a password to enter the web site, or displays the code when it is installed into the product.
Because it "unlocks the product", it may be specially designed brick just to turn on the product and meant to give experience of the kind of swiping authenticated card when entering restricted area. The brick either has a code printed on it as a password to enter the web site, or displays the code when it is installed into the product.
Discussion
"Each product includes a code brick that gives the boy access to a web experience related to the specific model."
This particular passage shows how "physical play" and "virtual play" intermingle (e.g. by playing on-line games boys find new ideas for physical play with the toys). I think the "code brick" must be something material ("IN the models") but it also gives access to some on-line features (probably after you type in the code?).