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## This design software reimagines everyday objects as self-aware devices

DevFeed: [This design software reimagines everyday objects as self-aware devices](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/this-design-software-reimagines-everyday-objects-as-self-aware-devices-96303.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/design-software-reimagines-everyday-objects-as-self-aware-devices-1022>)

Author: Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL

Published: 2026-10-22T20:45:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [Physical AI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/physical-ai.md>), [3D](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/3d.md>), [Embedded Systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/embedded-systems.md>), [human computer interaction](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/human-computer-interaction.md>), [Robot Manipulation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/robot-manipulation.md>)

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### AI overview

X-Hinges is software for designing 3D-printed objects that sense and respond to touch or motion. It embeds separate materials for sensors and signal-carrying traces to reduce interference, then places sensors at moving or bending parts. Users connect shapes, choose how they move, and can specify up to three motion axes; examples include a glove that records finger bends for a robot hand, a lamp that changes brightness when pinched, and a surface that identifies objects by tactile data. A computer vision system currently recalibrates readings across separately printed copies because small layout differences can produce different sensor outputs. The researchers hope to build recalibration into the system and eventually combine sensing with actuation in one print.

### Source excerpt

"X-Hinges" helps design and 3D print items like lamps and gloves with an interactive twist: automatically embedded sensors that perceive and adaptively respond to human contact.