Lego Tower (IMAGE)

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science

Lego Tower

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How would you stabilize this Lego structure to support the weight of a masonry brick placed on the top platform? University of Virginia researchers found most people in their study defaulted to adding a block at each corner, rather than removing the existing block to allow the platform to rest on the layer below.

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