There are no ballpoint grenade pens, no wrist-mounted dart guns, no Aston Martins tricked out with smoke screens, bulletproof glass, revolving license plates or ejector seats. Still, the geek-approved contraptions at Lego’s research-and-development

This NASA and Lego partnership embarks on a three-year mission to help spark kids’ interest in the STEM fields. (more>>) There will even be a Lego space shuttle flying on the shuttle Discovery launch. Read the full story here.