In the news this week: Best Smart Locks of 2026: Excellent Door Upgrades — another sign that magnets are quietly getting smarter.
A Spring-Latch Polymagnet holds firmly, then soft-closes — no moving pieces, no assembly.
A programmable magnet collapses all of that into one passive component. By printing many small poles — 'maxels' — onto a single face in a coded pattern, a Polymagnet can self-align a connector, hold it firmly, and release it with a twist. No moving parts, no assembly.
Want to feel it? A demo kit puts the behavior in your hand — align, latch, spring, and twist-release, all from one part.