MIDI controller lights up music expression with the wave of a hand

Canada's this.is.Noise has launched an interesting MIDI controller on Indiegogo called the MIDI Blaster, which brings a new level of gesture control to music creation while also adding a visual element.

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Fujifilm bumps 5th-gen X-T’s photo res to 40 MP, ups video to 6.2K

The fifth generation in a line of retro-styled mirrorless cameras that began in 2014 has been announced. The Fujifilm X-T5 gains a new sensor/processor combination, features in-body image stabilization, and can record 6.2K video with 10-bit color.

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NONS SL645 brings on full-metal, full-manual, instant-film photography

Many of the original instant-film cameras tended to be basic plasticky things, aimed at getting simple snapshots. Quite a few of their present-day descendants share that quality, although the aluminum-bodied full-manual SL645 is a big exception.

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HaptX Gloves G1 bring a sense of touch to the virtual workplace

Redmond-based HaptX is preparing for business in the metaverse age with the launch of a pair of "ground-breaking" haptic gloves that allow enterprise users to get to grips with objects in the virtual workplace.

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Flat-panel guitar speaker designed for clean tones and wide dispersion

Unless you can afford to pay roadies, one of the great pains of being a gigging musician is lugging around heavy equipment like amps and cabs. Bruce Thigpen of Eminent Technology has come up with a guitar speaker design that lightens the load.

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OM System OM-5 launches as adventure-ready compact MFT camera

Olympus spin-out OM Digital Solutions celebrated 50 years of the OM-1 film with a new micro-four-thirds flagship in February, and has now launched what appears to be an update to 2019's OM-D E-M5 MkIII.

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Triple-laser 4K UST projector aims for lights-on color accuracy

Rather than employ fairly common ALDP laser technology for its upcoming all-in-one ultra-short-throw 4K projector, Casiris Tech has opted to use a separate laser for each RGB color for improved color accuracy.

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Student-designed plastic-gulping fish wins bioinspired robotics contest

Imagine if there were a robotic fish that filtered microplastic particles out of the water as it swam. Well, now there is one, and it's the physical version of the winning concept in the first-ever Natural Robotics Contest.

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Lenovo rolls out smartphone and laptop concepts with expanding displays

At its Tech World 2022 event earlier this week, Lenovo demonstrated a Motorola handset prototype that grows to 6.5 inches at the push of a button and a laptop concept with a display that expands upward to give users more screen space when needed.

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interiqr tech prints edible, informational QR codes right into foods

Scientists have developed a new method of providing information on 3D-printed foods, by printing a QR code within the food itself. Doing so doesn't affect the taste or outward appearance of the food, nor does it require the use of any labels.

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