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X-Hinges Software From MIT Helps Designers Create Self Aware Everyday Objects That Respond to Touch

By Jackson Chung October 22, 2026

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.

Early Teardown of the iPhone Duo Reveals Dual Batteries and a Glossy Crease Beneath the Matte Film

By Jackson Chung October 22, 2026

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+ Manages to Cram Clear Video and Practical Features into an Affordable Tiny Camera

By Jackson Chung October 22, 2026

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.

Alleged Leaked Mass Effect 5 Trailer Captures the Sequel That Died With BioWare

By Bill Smith October 22, 2026

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.

Epix Pro from 1996 Packed a Computer and Encryption into One Rare Camera

By Jackson Chung October 22, 2026

Few people today even know the Epix Pro existed, yet the chunky gray box from 1996 carried more computing muscle than most early digital cameras ever attempted. Released by a short-lived startup called Epix Imaging Systems, the same unit later appeared under the names Obsidian IC/100 and NEC PC-DC 401 after the company shifted labels a couple of times. Priced around two thousand dollars, it targeted insurance adjusters, police departments, and government offices that needed photos they could trust as evidence rather than as artistic statements.