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This $149 digital candle uses AI to accurately simulate a flickering flame
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. The Verge is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 29 Oct 2026, 13:37 UTC. The headline in use is “This $149 digital candle uses AI to accurately simulate a flickering flame”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
After engineering a flexible version of Tetris that could be wrapped around a magazine, Kevin Bates' latest creation is a digital candle that uses a custom AI model to accurately simulate the appearance of a flickering flame across a grid of LEDs. It's a far cry from the types of…
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This $149 digital candle uses AI to accurately simulate a flickering flame
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