Monthly Archives: October 2022

Apple devices now support Nintendo’s classic game controllers

Image: Nintendo Apple snuck a nice little surprise in its round of Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV updates yesterday with the addition of support for Nintendo’s updated classic game controllers. As spotted by developer Steve Troughton-Smith and confirmed by MacStories, Nintendo’s modern SNES and N64 controllers now work with updated Apple devices with macOS…

Sony’s DualSense Edge PS5 controller is available for preorder

The DualSense Edge will be released on January 26th, 2023. | Image: Sony Sony’s DualSense Edge Wireless Controller for the PS5 is now available for preorder from the PlayStation Direct website ahead of its January 26th release. The controller is loaded with additional features you won’t find on the standard DualSense, like replaceable joysticks and…

This spooky robot uses inflatable tentacles to grab delicate items

Look at all those little tentacles. Harvard Microrobotics Lab/Harvard SEAS Harvard researchers, presumably to get into the Halloween spirit of things, have unveiled a horrifying new robotic arm with tentacle fingers capable of grasping extremely delicate objects like houseplants and glassware. The engineers at the university’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)…