LEGO has revealed the next level of bricks as they debut their new SmartBrick sets, which all bring life to your sets starting with Star Wars

The Smart Brick looks very similar to a normal 2x4 Lego brick, but it contains a custom Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip which is smaller than one of the studs on the brick itself. It’s joined by an accelerometer and a copper coil, and Lego has created its own Play Engine and Neighbor Position Measurement (NPM) system.

We've seen countless LEGO creations before, but this LEGO build inspired by The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings is simply incredible.

Updated on Monday, Jan. 5 at 1:15 p.m. ET — Unfortunately, the Lego CES keynote press conference on Jan. 5 will not be livestreamed. However, Mashable reporter Matt Binder is in attendance, and you can follow the Mashable CES live blog for the latest updates in brick building technology.