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LG Display is reliably one of the more exciting companies at CES, as every year it comes to the Las Vegas convention with something truly futuristic. This particular one isn’t a rollable, flexible, or transparent display, but it’s still a pretty cool little innovation. The 27-inch Neo Art Portable Monitor Display is a prototype of a grab-and-go monitor that lets you feed it both power and video via a single USB-C cable. That makes the monitor eminently transportable, with a thin and light design that honestly makes it practical to tote around between rooms in your house or office meeting rooms.

I tried the Neo Art display for myself at CES 2019, and it’s actually much more refined than a concept or prototype usually is. Connecting it to…

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LG Display is reliably one of the more exciting companies at CES, as every year it comes to the Las Vegas convention with something truly futuristic. This particular one isn’t a rollable, flexible, or transparent display, but it’s still a pretty cool little innovation. The 27-inch Neo Art Portable Monitor Display is a prototype of a grab-and-go monitor that lets you feed it both power and video via a single USB-C cable. That makes the monitor eminently transportable, with a thin and light design that honestly makes it practical to tote around between rooms in your house or office meeting rooms.

I tried the Neo Art display for myself at CES 2019, and it’s actually much more refined than a concept or prototype usually is. Connecting it to…

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Acer’s Swift 7 line has always included some of the thinnest and lightest laptops in the world, and this year’s refresh — first teased at IFA 2018 last summer — might just be the most impressive yet, with an incredible 92 percent screen-to-body ratio that nearly does away with bezels entirely. And this year at CES 2019, we finally got more details on the upcoming Ultrabook, including specifications, price, and a release window.

Now, at 9.95 mm thick (0.39 inches), the Swift 7 isn’t quite the thinnest laptop ever — that honor still goes to last year’s version, which measured in at just 8.98 millimeters. But due to the reduced bezels, the new Swift 7 offers a dramatically smaller footprint than its predecessor, along with an even lighter…

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Acer’s Swift 7 line has always included some of the thinnest and lightest laptops in the world, and this year’s refresh — first teased at IFA 2018 last summer — might just be the most impressive yet, with an incredible 92 percent screen-to-body ratio that nearly does away with bezels entirely. And this year at CES 2019, we finally got more details on the upcoming Ultrabook, including specifications, price, and a release window.

Now, at 9.95 mm thick (0.39 inches), the Swift 7 isn’t quite the thinnest laptop ever — that honor still goes to last year’s version, which measured in at just 8.98 millimeters. But due to the reduced bezels, the new Swift 7 offers a dramatically smaller footprint than its predecessor, along with an even lighter…

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A lens into some of The Verge’s biggest stories of the year

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A lens into some of The Verge’s biggest stories of the year

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‘We wanted to give a feeling of loneliness without making it look boring.’

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Microsoft’s 343 Industries has partnered with bionics non-profit Limbitless Solutions to create Halo-themed, 3D-printed prosthetic arms for children. The prosthetic arms are fully functional, with hands that are capable of gripping objects through EMG sensors. The best part is, they’re donated free of charge to recipients.

Starting next year, Limbitless will add two Halo-themed options to their design lineup, which already includes a pretty sweet Iron Man arm. There’s a recreation of Master Chief’s Mark VI gauntlet in his trademark green, as well as a “multiplayer” version that kids can customize with their favorite color — so if they play with a certain color Spartan in the game, they can wear that same gauntlet in the real world.

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Microsoft’s 343 Industries has partnered with bionics non-profit Limbitless Solutions to create Halo-themed, 3D-printed prosthetic arms for children. The prosthetic arms are fully functional, with hands that are capable of gripping objects through EMG sensors. The best part is, they’re donated free of charge to recipients.

Starting next year, Limbitless will add two Halo-themed options to their design lineup, which already includes a pretty sweet Iron Man arm. There’s a recreation of Master Chief’s Mark VI gauntlet in his trademark green, as well as a “multiplayer” version that kids can customize with their favorite color — so if they play with a certain color Spartan in the game, they can wear that same gauntlet in the real world.

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Phone design got a little eccentric this past year. Reciting a mantra of “more screen is always better” under their breath, smartphone manufacturers did their utmost to kill the bezels around their displays, with most of them opting for the notch as the primary solution. Some copied the iPhone X’s wide notch, others boasted of their narrower notches, and Google went the other way by putting the biggest notch ever on the Pixel 3 XL.

Apple chief designer Jony Ive has long expressed his desire to “create an iPhone that is all display.” Currently, his company appears momentarily content with claiming to have an edge-to-edge display, albeit with that substantial disruption at the top. That outline of Apple’s current notch shape has already…

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