Category: Design

Jaguar’s electric I-Pace takes the World Car of the Year award

[ad_1] The I-Pace went through multiple rounds of voting and emerged the victor in a field of over 35 vehicles. I found the I-Pace to be a luxurious crossover that seamlessly melds the heritage of Jaguar with the future of electrification. Looks like the rest of the journalists agreed with me. In addition to the […]

Lincoln Corsair squeezes Navigator features into a smaller SUV

[ad_1] Introduced at the New York International Auto Show, the Corsair is the smallest SUV in Lincoln’s lineup, but the company isn’t skimping on the tech found in the vehicle. It has the same cool dash cluster found in Navigator and comes standard with Lincoln Co-Pilot360’s safety features including pre-collision assist with automatic emergency braking […]

Zero’s SF/R electric motorcycle is quicker and now more connected

[ad_1] Zero has been building electric motorcycles for 13 years. In that time they’ve gone from putting out less-than-optimal vehicles with electric powertrains bolted in, to great bikes that just happen to be electrified. In the past few years, the company has had a predictable roadmap. Every 12 months it would upgrade the motors and […]

The best apps for buying sneakers

[ad_1] While sites and apps have made sneaker shopping safer, this digital shift has presented an entirely new challenge for companies: bots, automated computer scripts that can buy items faster than a human can. Bots, which are mostly used by resellers looking to profit off highly coveted shoes are now what people blame every time […]

The Morning After: Amazon’s illuminated new Kindle

[ad_1] Smash that like and subscribe button.Blackmagic’s free video-editing app helps YouTubers cut faster Blackmagic Design has unveiled DaVinci Resolve 16 with a brand new “cut” page aimed at YouTubers and others who need to work quickly. The module is separate from the current edit page (though you can switch back and forth) and features […]

Walmart battles online retail by adding more robots to its stores

[ad_1] The retailer announced today that it will deploy 1,500 new “Auto-C” autonomous floor cleaners, 300 “Auto-S” shelf scanners and an additional 1,200 “FAST” unloaders to scan and sort items as they come off delivery trucks. Plus to streamline online orders, it’ll have 900 “Pickup Towers” so customers can order something on the company’s site […]

Snapchat’s new Android app is better, but imperfect

[ad_1] So what can Android users expect from the Snapchat revamp? A Snap Inc. spokesman told Engadget on Monday that early tests of its new Android app revealed a 20 percent reduction in the amount of time it takes to open the app. Android users should also look out for faster loading times on Lens […]

Adobe’s After Effects can erase unwanted objects from your videos

[ad_1] In the video example below, it shows how you can remove flagpoles, tourists and other unwanted objects from a castle scene in order to use it in a period movie. You simply cut out the objects you don’t want, hit “generate fill layer,” and it will analyze the content and motion in the scene […]

Kia crammed a lot of range and tech into its Soul EV

[ad_1] What’s nice is that on the tech front, Kia has followed in Hyundai’s footsteps by offering ADAS (Advanced Drivers Assistance System) standard on the Soul EV. No matter which trim level you get, it comes with adaptive cruise control and lane-keep assist. While driving in Seoul’s morning traffic, the system had no problem tracking […]

Researchers designed a shape-shifting airplane wing

[ad_1] In a paper in the journal Smart Materials and Structures, the research team explains how it has radically redesigned the airplane wing. Their new structure is a lightweight lattice framework, made of thousands of repeating, tiny triangles of matchstick-like struts, covered in a thin polymer layer. Because this “metamaterial” is mostly comprised of empty […]