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  • You’re Going To Want To Play With This Goopy Modular Instrument

    You’re Going To Want To Play With This Goopy Modular Instrument

    Bryan Menegus

    The surfaces of ROLI products practically beg you to touch them. Unlike the slappy, clicky keys or gorilla glass surfaces on most new tech, they’re coated in a responsive, almost fleshlike silicon rubber that’s at once alien and intuitive. So what are you waiting for? For the first time in the company’s history, it has…

  • Self-Stacking Building Blocks Are Nothing Short Of Magic

    Self-Stacking Building Blocks Are Nothing Short Of Magic

    Andrew Liszewski

    Deciding that the lowly building block was due for an upgrade, researchers at MIT have created something amazing. The simple-looking M-Blocks are made from an aluminium frame filled with electronics, an electric motor that can spin up to 20,000rpm, and a flywheel. And they can perform some amazing feats without any human intervention.