{
  "id": 17073715,
  "title": "This $149 digital candle uses AI to accurately simulate a flickering flame",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/this-149-digital-candle-uses-ai-to-accurately-simulate-a-flickering",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:37:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1022113/kevin-bates-arduboy-digital-candle-ai-simulate-flame"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 devices Bates is typically known […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}