Google Research Paper Patent LEGO Set

Here is a video of the Google Developer team gifting a custom LEGO set of an important Google research paper and patent named MapReduce: Simplified Data Processing on Large Clusters. It was authored by Jeffrey Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat and is now part of a LEGO set with Jeff and Sanjay as LEGO characters.

Here is the video of Jigyasa Grover unboxing it:

So @google gifted me this incredible custom @lego set while I was in Bali 🏝️

This isn’t just any LEGO build ... it’s a tribute to one of the most influential papers in computing history -

"MapReduce: Simplified Data Processing on Large Clusters" by @GhemawatSanjay & @JeffDean pic.twitter.com/1lNbRvQX20

— Jigyasa Grover ✨ (@jigyasa_grover) January 5, 2026

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