Alienware explores a game server for your home with Concept Nyx

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Alienware is toying around with the idea of making gaming in a multi-gamer home a more seamless experience. Ahead of CES 2022, the Dell-owned brand showed off its Concept Nyx prototype. 

It's a powerful server capable of running the games on your home network. The server parks near your modem or router and directly connects via Ethernet. It can stream from the cloud to your devices over Wi-Fi, allowing different household members to play different games simultaneously or play multiplayer games together without affecting your Wi-Fi speed or causing any input lag.

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Next AirPods Pro tipped to get lossless audio support

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Whether wireless earbuds are ready for lossless audio support or not, Apple might be the first to try something out, at least according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple will reportedly launch the second-generation AirPods Pro with Apple Lossless (ALAC) audio support. But it isn't known if it'll support other lossless formats. It isn't clear how Apple will implement this, but Engadget speculates they might develop an aptX Lossless-style codec to make wireless ALAC possible. The launch is expected sometime in the fall, so plans might change.

Kuo said the AirPods Pro would also get a "new form factor design" and that it might get an AirTag-like feature for the charging case, allowing you to locate the missing accessory. 

Bauhutte MSG-01H-BK is a hand massager for gamers

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While its name is a bit clunky, this hand massager from Japanese company Bauhutte hopes to soothe the tired digits of gamers. The MSG-01H-BK hand massager comes with a 15-layer airbag for each finger and a shiatsu plate for the palm. It offers two massaging modes: a shiatsu mode for the entire hand and one that focuses on stretching the fingers. 

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Hyundai repurposed parts of IONIQ 5 EV into an air purifier

Hyundai has given a new purpose for one of the IONIQ 5's test vehicles, turning it into an air purifier. The electric vehicle "went through numerous tests to ensure our safety." Hyundai used it for tests of technologies like Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System, pass-by noise regulation, and wind tunnel noise.

In the video you see above, the vehicle is stripped to its bones to turn it into an air purifier. They used parts like the cooling fan, door panels, infotainment system, LED tail lamp, and filter unit. They placed the 20-inch alloy wheel on top, so you can tell the purifier itself is a pretty large one. And of course, there's some Hyundai branding thrown in there, too. Many car parts are already recyclable, but this just shows what else can be done to unusable vehicles.

Source: Engadget