The best tech announced at CES 2026 so far

Smart lights that know where they’re placed in a room, wild designs for next-gen routers, and a glowing inedible donut.
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RAM crisis gets weirder as $999 DDR5 RAM kit is returned – and the replacement reportedly turned out to be dummy modules

A Redditor reportedly bought a 96GB DDR5 RAM kit from Corsair One stick was faulty, we're told, so the kit had to be returned The replacement turned out to be $35 worth of dummy RGB lighting modules, ...
IEEE

Improving the Efficiency of Encoder-Decoder Architecture for Pixel-Level Crack Detection

Abstract: Cracks are one of the most common categories of pavement distress that may potentially threaten road and highway safety. Thus, a reliable and efficient pixel-level method of crack detection ...
GitHub

Efficiently read rotary encoder signals with a Raspberry Pi Pico

This C library reads rotation data and switch presses from rotary encoders. It supports mechanical encoders like KY-040 (HW-040), or EC11. It uses GPIO_IRQ interrupts for automatic event detection - ...
CNX Software

ESP32-P4 learning and prototyping kit features 7-inch touchscreen, comes with 16 modules and AI lessons

Elecrow’s “All-in-One Starter Kit for ESP32-P4” is an open-source learning and prototyping platform based on the ESP32-P4 processor, offering AI, multimedia, and embedded features in a single, ...
IEEE

Application of Signal Flow Network on Calibration Capacitive Rotary Encoder

Abstract: The paper proposes an offline self-calibration scheme about establishing a signal flow network(SNF) to calibrate capacitive rotary encoder. This scheme proposes to simulate the flow of ...