I’m deep inside Lego’s headquarters in Billund, Denmark, in a private office that’s part of the company’s Creative Play Lab. The secretive division of 237 staff based here and in London, Boston, and ...

If those ideas translate, designers could build whisker-like probes that “tell” you where contact happened through their materials alone. Research findings are available online in the journal Science.

A flexible electronic skin stacks carbon nanotube layers to sense touch position and pressure simultaneously, performing classification through its physical structure rather than external processors. ...

Tactile sensing is rapidly emerging as a critical foundation for next-generation applications across consumer electronics, robotics, automation, healthcare, manufacturing, and immersive technologies ...

Researchers at China’s Tsinghua University’s Shenzhen International Graduate School have developed a next-generation tactile sensor called SuperTac. The project involved collaboration with multiple ...

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker face off in one of Lego's new Smart Play sets (Nathan Ingraham for Engadget) Lego’s Smart Play system announced at CES 2026 earlier this week is a new embrace of digital ...

The new sensor-packed Smart Play Brick will land this spring as part of a special Star Wars collection. The update adds interactive lights and sound to the Lego experience—including the minifigs.

At CES 2026, Lego has announced the upcoming launch of the Lego Smart Play system, an interactive technology the company is calling the biggest evolution to Lego bricks since the introduction of the ...

Why thinner OLED stackups are more susceptible to EMI and noise, and the impacts for touch sensing. How multi-frequency-region parallel sensing (MFRPS) improves touch accuracy, scalability, and ...

A leaker on the social media site Weibo reveals that Apple may have some interesting plans in store for future iPhone cases. According to the post, Apple is exploring iPhone cases that, in addition to ...

Step by step tutorial on how to build a LEGO hammer arcade machine using only standard bricks. This guide explains the full construction process with a working hammer mechanism that measures impact ...

Step by step guide showing how to build a working LEGO safe using standard bricks. The design includes a simple locking mechanism made entirely from LEGO parts. This tutorial focuses on function and ...