X Shore is one of several electric boat manufacturers helping to turn the tide on fossil fuel-based boating. The Swedish company’s X Shore Eelex 8000 is already a striking example of what can be done with an electric powertrain in a sleekly designed watercraft. But new teaser images released by the company show that “something new” is coming, and it might mean the Eelex 8000 is getting a…
In another example of reality sometimes being stranger than fiction, electric scooter and e-bike sharing company Bolt Mobility appears to have shut down operations in several US cities largely overnight. In doing so, it abandoned hundreds of thousands of dollars of light…
Quantumscape Q2 2022 report: 24-layer solid-state cells, scaled manufacturing, and two new OEM customers
August 1, 2022
Solid-state battery manufacturer Quantumscape has released its second quarterly report for 2022, updating the public to its progress in scaling affordable, energy dense cells for future EVs. The company continues to expand the amount of layers possible in its solid-state…
Commercial EV manufacturer Nikola Corporation announced it has signed an agreement to acquire EV battery developer Romeo Power Inc. Nikola will absorb Romeo’s battery manufacturing facility in Southern California and begin engineering its own EV packs in-house.
Nikola Corporation ($NKLA) is an American manufacturer of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) that continues to make positive strides…
Another Jaguar I-Pace battery caught on fire without any crash after simply sitting charging in a garage. This is the fourth known I-Pace battery fire that seemingly started on its own, which is starting to be significant considering the relatively small number of units on…
Latest NIO rumors: First phone to arrive next year plus a third brand targeting $15k EVs
August 1, 2022
An ever-evolving stream of rumors continues to emerge from China around EV automaker NIO and what it will be delivering next. Following reports earlier this year that NIO would be developing its own phones, we’ve gathered the latest updates, as well as the automaker’s…
Photographer Nicholas Sherlock has created an app for Sony cameras that submits any photos taken directly to OpenAI’s DALL-E 2, which he says allows users to “peer into parallel universes” and see reimagined versions of those scenes.
Called Quantum Mirror, and published on Github, the app is designed for Android-based Sony cameras, which includes older models like the Alpha 7 and…
How to Cull and Edit Wedding Photos Quickly
August 1, 2022
Time is money. That’s nothing we don’t already know but it’s probably the reason you’re interested and wondering how to cull and edit a wedding quickly. Maybe you’re overwhelmed with work during the wedding season or your clients are bugging you for a faster…
Samsung has launched a new “repair mode” for its Galaxy S21 phones that keeps photos and data hidden from repair technicians and assures privacy.
While only available in Korea for now, the feature assures that personal data on the mobile device is not readable…
A British man has built his own lens with a super fast 35mm f/0.4 equivalent bokeh that is constructed around an old episcope projector lens and a mechanical system for controlling focus.
Matt Perks, aka DIYPerks, is a tinkerer who doesn’t buy anything he can’t build. On his YouTube channel, Perks has built everything from a DIY 4K home cinema projector to a DIY microphone for…
