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by Mat Dirjish After years of collaboration with guitar master Matteo Mancuso, multi-musical-instrument maker Yamaha has unveiled its Matteo Mancuso Signature Revstar (RS20MM) electric guitar. For those who may not know, Matteo Mancuso is a virtuoso guitarist and composer who hails from my “momma’s hometown” of Palermo, Sicily. He is notable for his unique playing technique, which eschews a guitar pick in favor of a flamenco/classical flavored fingerstyle approach.

by Mat Dirjish Claiming to advance a new era of tennis training, sports-robotics company and sponsor of the 2026 Billie Jean King Cup Finals TENNIIX unveils its ULTRA MAX embodied AI tennis robot. The fruit of collaborations with Shenzhen Enhanced Power Technology Co., Ltd. and robotics company LimX Dynamics, the ULTRA MAX pairs tennis intelligence with robotic mobility to explore a new model of sports training.

by Mat Dirjish Described as an Original (OG) Celebration of ’80s and ’90s cars and culture, RADwood is returning to the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday, October 24, 2026.

by Mat Dirjish Machine vision tech company Cognex claims its In-Sight 1750, a next-generation wafer and panel identification system, will help semiconductor manufacturers reduce disruptions, improve traceability, and maintain throughput. The system reads many difficult wafer and panel markings and IDs, including various degraded marks and challenging substrates that often require intervention.

by Mat Dirjish Music Tectonics, a music-industry event that unites music tech innovators to share insights and do business, claims its October 27 to 29, 2026 seaside conference in Santa Monica, CA will focus on growing the music market for all. The event will offer programming that suits every stakeholder, from big deal makers to creators. Music Tectonics weaves panels, speed networking, startup pitches, and demos from music companies.

by Cameron Ward For freelancers and gig workers building income on nights and weekends, the biggest risk often isn’t the workload, it’s business liability exposure that can quietly spill into personal finances. One unhappy client, a missed deadline, or a claim about work quality can turn a side hustle dispute into a money problem tied to personal savings, a car, or even a home.

by Mat Dirjish Vishay Intertechnology’s DFN series standard rectifiers in low-profile DFN6546A packages with wettable flanks specify current ratings up to 12A. Sporting a 4.6 mm footprint and a height of 0.88 mm, the 5A SE50N6x, 8A SE80N6x, 10A SE100N6x, and 12A SE120N6x rectifiers are each available with reverse voltages of 200V, 400V, and 600V, and are available in AEC-Q101 qualified versions.

by Mat Dirjish American artist Jeffrey Lynn Koons, noted for creating sculptures depicting everyday objects, including balloon animals, and Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot are collaborating with the goal of seamlessly melding watchmaking art with contemporary art. The end result is three watches featuring the Classic Fusion Balloon Dog by Jeff Koons. The three timepieces include mirror-polished stainless steel, and red or blue anodized aluminum finishes.

by Mat Dirjish Researchers from miniaturization technologies entity CEA-Leti and Spintec, a joint research unit of CEA, have demonstrated a hybrid nanoelectronic ising machine that combines hafnium-oxide memristors with stochastic magnetic tunnel junctions (SMTJs). An ising machine is a computing device that solves complex combinatorial optimization problems.

by Mat Dirjish Singular Photonics, an Edinburgh-based fabless semiconductor company, is launching Litavis, which it says is the first single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) sensor using in-pixel processing to unify imaging, timing, histogramming and photon statistics on a single chip.