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How I Tamed the Humongous Aero Ektar Lens

December 2, 2021
I met Carlo a few months ago as I was looking for some honey. I discovered this passionate beekeeper lived only half a mile from my home. As we got to know each other over time, I found out that this amazing 84-year-old was a true genius in building anything out of wood and metal in his well-equipped workshops. I asked him to help me tame the biggest and heaviest lens I own so that I…
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Google Doodle honors Georges Seurat, the French painter who invented Pointillism

December 2, 2021
Google has replaced their homepage logo with artwork in the style of Georges Seurat, the French painter who created Pointillism. Life of Georges Seurat Georges Pierre Seurat was born on December 2, 1859 in Paris, France to a wealthy family. In his teen years, Seurat studied fine art at Parisian schools like the École des Beaux-Arts, where he learned of color theory and contrasts. In 1879, he…
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Tesla Model S Plaid gets a minigun in the frunk and night vision

December 2, 2021
A Tesla Model S Plaid was modified to have a minigun in the frunk and night vision system. If you’re asking yourself, “Why?” I don’t really have an answer for you in this article. Last week, we reported on YouTube channel Fullmag turning a Tesla Model X into a war machine with dual machine guns coming out of the falcon wings. The vehicle was built for Black Rifle Coffee for PR and…
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Quick Charge Podcast: December 1, 2021

December 2, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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This 283 mph electric motorcycle just broke a bunch of land speed records, including its own

December 2, 2021
The last time we covered Max Biaggi and his Voxman Wattman electric motorcycle, he had just set a new land speed record for electric motorcycles at 254 mph (408 km/h). But apparently even that wasn’t fast enough for Biaggi. Now the bike and its speed-chasing rider have returned to push the envelope even further. The bike — which is actually three bikes in streamlined, partially streamlined…
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