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Google teamed up with the Pokémon Company to introduce a special-edition Fitbit Air that works with the Pokémon Sleep app.

Plaud's new 'agentic' earbuds are priced at $249.

Insert Molding Design: How to Place Metal Inserts Without Disaster — 8 Years of Structure Design Notes Every structure designer has been burned by inserts at some point — a nut seated crooked, an insert causing sink marks or cracks, pull-out force too low, an insert washed away by melt during injection. I've tripped on all of these myself. Insert molding sounds simple: drop a metal part into the mold and inject plastic around it. But metal and plastic have thermal expansion coefficients an order of magnitude apart, and every detail — shrinkage, grip force, locating method — can turn into a disaster. This article walks through the key design principles of insert molding, from insert types and locating structures to wall thickness and defect prevention. All of it is experience paid for with real money on real projects. Three Common Types of Inserts Insert molding falls into three categories by purpose, each with completely different design priorities. 1. Thread Inserts (Nut Inserts) The most common type. Tapping threads directly into plastic fails fast — fine threads under M3 strip after a few cycles — so metal nuts are embedded in the plastic. Copper inserts dominate because copper conducts heat well (fast heat dissipation during molding), has moderate hardness, and gives clean threads after tapping. We made a portable Bluetooth speaker with an ABS housing whose four corner posts needed M2.5 screws. Tapping the plastic posts directly stripped after three cycles. We switched to embedded M2.5×4mm copper nuts and measured over 45N pull-out, still stable after 500 screw cycles. The key: leave at least 1.5mm of plastic wall around the nut's outer diameter, or the area sinks and bubbles after cooling. 2. Locating / Support Inserts These locate, support, or conduct magnetism — locating pins in motor brackets, magnetic cores in sensor housings. The biggest challenge is insert positioning accuracy and post-molding offset. In 2024 we made a smart lock panel embedding a stainle

By using a sustainable testing strategy, you can skip unnecessary tests, ensure failing fast and early, and only run tests affected by code changes. Tracking energy use per test and using static code analysis can help spot inefficiencies and guide optimization efforts. By Ben Linders

The event is expected to be a notable one, as Apple is rumored to unveil its long-awaited foldable iPhone. It'll also be the first Apple event with John Ternus as CEO, who is scheduled to take the reins of the tech giant from Tim Cook on September 1.

Ring says users can still opt for end-to-end encryption.

The glasses, called Legato Frames, integrate the company’s patented hearing-assistance technology into the arms of eyewear frames.

Apple unveils these new processors alongside an updated Mac Mini and Mac Studio.

The base model of the Mac Mini comes with 256GB of storage, 16GB of RAM, and costs $899.

Luffu Link combines all day health sensing, voice logging, location awareness, and the ability to get help from trusted contacts into a single device, all without needing a phone nearby.

Security researchers are warning that thousands of enterprise servers could be exposed to compromise through vulnerabilities in their Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs) - specialized processors embedded in server motherboards that provide administrators with remote, out-of-band control. By Craig Risi

We all knew it was coming. The expected valuation may surprise, though.

Linkdaze's smart digital calendar stands out for not putting its features behind a paywall, including an AI meal planner tool.

Flock Safety faces a growing public outcry over concerns that its surveillance technology could be misused.

Google’s Pixel 11 Pro XL brings snappier cameras and genuinely useful AI features like Rambler, but its iterative upgrades may not be enough to tempt recent Pixel owners.

Apple has admitted that some roles are being impacted as it shifts its focus away from certain initiatives.

The $225 Pebble Time 2 pairs quirky watch faces and apps with physical buttons, an e-paper display, weeks of battery life, and a playful hacker spirit.

The lawsuit alleges that Oura rings are unable to measure any of the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or determine sleep stages.

Linkdaze's smart digital calendar stands out for not putting its features behind a paywall, including an AI meal planner tool.

One of the best moments when learning electronics is seeing your first LED blink. It's a simple experiment, but it represents the bridge between software and the physical world. With Java and Pi4J, that first step is already well documented. But what happens after the first LED? How do you experiment with different animations, colours, brightness levels, or GPIO configurations without repeatedly rewriting the same code? That question led to the creation of the Pi4J LED Playground . 👉 https://igfasouza.github.io/pi4j-led-playground/ Why another example? Pi4J already provides excellent examples and documentation for getting started with Raspberry Pi hardware. The project itself encourages community-driven examples and implementations, recognising that the ecosystem grows through shared contributions. The goal of the LED Playground is not to replace those examples. Instead, it provides an interactive environment where developers can quickly experiment with LED behaviours while learning how Pi4J works. Think of it as a sandbox where changing a few lines of code immediately produces visible results. Built by the community, for the community This project started as a personal experiment while exploring Pi4J. Very quickly it became clear that the playground could be useful for others who are starting their journey with Java on Raspberry Pi. Instead of keeping it as a private repository, it was published as an open community resource where anyone can: 1. learn from the source code; 2. suggest improvements; 3. report issues; 4. contribute new LED effects; 5. help improve the documentation; Open source projects become stronger when many people contribute different ideas, and Pi4J itself has grown thanks to this collaborative model. What can you do? The playground demonstrates common LED operations such as: turning LEDs on and off; blinking patterns; brightness control (where supported); experimenting with different GPIO configurations; creating reusable animations; Because th