Buying a 2004 Dell Axim X50v for eight dollars and expecting usable 3D gaming feels like a long shot from the start. Rayly Retro picked up one of these Pocket PCs anyway, drawn by the Intel 2700G graphics chip that came with dedicated video memory and was meant to push sharper visuals than the usual software rendering of the era. Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition sits on the device, paired with a 624 MHz processor, 64 MB of RAM, and a 3.7-inch VGA screen that once stood out among its peers.
Disney films once filled theaters with clocks, cups, and toys that seemed to notice people and answer back. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, working with Tianjin University, have built a design tool that moves that idea out of animation and into a 3D printer. Called X-Hinges, the software lets someone customize an ordinary object, then automatically embeds sensors so the finished piece can detect how a hand presses, pinches, or bends it and react in real time.
Kingmi Mobile managed to pull an iPhone Duo completely apart on camera before the first customer units even leave the warehouse tomorrow. Their video, along with a separate clip that peels the protective layer clean off the inner screen, gives the clearest look yet at how Apple built its first foldable phone and why some repairs will take far longer than usual.
Blink Mini 2K+, priced at $16.99 today (was $40), measures just two inches on each side and weighs about 65 grams, small enough to rest on a shelf or mount discreetly without drawing attention. Video streams at 2560 by 1440 resolution and up to 24 frames per second, delivering enough detail that a four times digital zoom on a phone still shows readable faces or package labels.
Yesterday Electronic Arts closed BioWare after more than three decades and ended work on the next Mass Effect game, which the company described as still in early development under a small team of roughly fifty people. Hours later a burner account on Reddit posted a two-minute internal trailer that Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier and IGN both confirmed as genuine footage created for the project. The clip opens with a disclaimer that it is in-engine material built from pre-production assets by that limited crew, then ends on a title card reading Mass Effect: Universe.