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ASUS’s most powerful creator tablet is now official. Check out the new ASUS ProArt PZ14. The ASUS ProArt PZ14 is a tablet-laptop hybrid. All the power is behind the screen, so you can enjoy its power and portability anywhere. For more serious work, you can fold out the kickstand and attach the magnetic keyboard. It is made of CNC-machined aluminum material with a smudge-free Nano Black colorway. It is also very light, at under a kilogram, and is almost as thin as a smartphone at 9mm. The new ProArt should offer fast and efficient performance with its Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite processor with up to 80 TOPS NPU. Thanks to this, you can expect incredible longevity from its 75WH battery. We then have the 14-inch ASUS Lumina Pro OLED touchscreen with a 144Hz refresh rate, and it supports the ASUS Pen 3.0 stylus. It ships with Windows 11 Home and is a Copilot+ PC with tons of AI Features. Pricing and availability details for the ASUS ProArt PZ14 are yet to be announced. ...
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Lego Smart Play System unveiled with Smart Bricks that lights up and more

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CES 2026 has a new, surprising exhibitor: popular toy maker Lego. During the consumer tech show, the company announced the Lego Smart Play System, and it’s easily one of the biggest innovations ever made to one of the most classic and prominent toys in the world.

During its CES 2026 presence, the company demoed the Lego Smart Play System with a prototype 2×4 Smart Brick, Smart Tag tiles, and Smart Minifigures.

The special Bricks and Minifigures can detect nearby Tags, which are 2×2 studless tiles that have unique digital IDs that command the bricks and minifigures.

This combination will easily bring Lego models to life. For example, when in contact with a Smart Tag, Smart Bricks can light up and make sounds.

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Lego demoed it working on helicopters making helicopter sounds, Lightsabers lighting up and making swoosh sounds in Star Wars models, and more.

The bricks also have accelerometer sensors, so the lights and sounds accurately respond to how you play with the models.

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For this to work, the Smart Bricks are powered by a dedicated ASIC chip, with near-field magnetic positioning, a small speaker, an LED array, and the said accelerometer sensor.

Lego also created BrickNet, a Bluetooth-based protocol that allows multiple bricks to talk to each other and work in sync. Lego assured that BrickNet is protected by privacy controls and enhanced encryption.

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The company also assured parents that the system doesn’t require setup, so no screen is involved.

All these smart Legos are charged wirelessly using a charging pad that can accommodate multiple bricks at once.

The Lego Smart Play System will be first available in two sets. There are the Star Wars sets that will be available for pre-order on Friday and will launch in March 1. The “Luke’s Red Five X-Wing” set will retail for USD69.99 (~Php4,100) while the “Throne Room Duel and A-Wing” set comes in at USD159.99 (~Php9,500).

This article, Lego Smart Play System unveiled with Smart Bricks that lights up and more, was originally published at NoypiGeeks | Philippines Technology News, Reviews and How to's.


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