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.

Just in time for Independence Day, LEGO Master Builders, along with visitors to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, have built the largest-ever LEGO American flag. Tap to see video if ...

Back in 1996 LEGO released a set that used simple bricks to build an approximation of the South African flag. Almost two decades later I decided to break out the bricks and see if I could make a ...

Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, visitors to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., have built a giant American flag out of LEGO bricks. The flag, spanning 16 feet by 31 feet, was put ...

YORBA LINDA Made from 127,000 Lego blocks, Old Glory still managed to look majestic frozen mid-ruffle while on display in the lobby of the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum. The 6-foot-by-12-foot ...

What’s seven feet by 12.5 feet and weighs more than 900 pounds? It’s a United States flag made out of LEGOs and construction is now underway to build a second flag in honor of Flag Day, June 16. The ...