Besides unveiling Material You, Google at I/O 2021 last month detailed how ‘GS Text’ is the company’s new font and beginning to appear in more first-party applications. Google Sans Text is now in use by the Phone app on Android.
This change quietly occurred in recent days with version 66.0 of the Phone app. Google Sans Text is “designed for smaller point sizes and perfectly suited for…
Arcimoto and Lightning Motorcycles partner to build fastest-tilting 3-wheeled electric motorcycle
July 1, 2021
Arcimoto knows its stuff when it comes to three-wheeled electric vehicles, and Lightning Motorcycles is no stranger to breaking speed records. Now the two companies are combining their expertise in an attempt to build the fastest-tilting electric motorcycle in the…
Fiido has released a number of folding electric bikes, each time making incremental improvements based on user feedback. Now, the company’s latest model, the Fiido X, has been unveiled with several interesting and never-before-seen features.
On its surface, the Fiido X…
China shares video of its Zhurong Rover landing on Mars, marking country's first time on Martian surface
July 1, 2021
There’s a new space race, and it’s taking place on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover isn’t the only new rover on the Red Planet in 2021. China has its own rover exploring the surface, Zhurong, and China has published new photos, video and audio from its Zhurong rover.
As seen on Space News, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) published new footage of…
Close look at Rivian’s insanely engineered $6,000 camp kitchen that fits in its electric pickup truck
July 1, 2021
Rivian has released a closer look at its insanely engineered $6,000 camp kitchen that fits inside its R1T electric pickup truck.
The electric vehicle startup has been positioning its upcoming electric pickup truck, the R1T, as an “adventure vehicle,” and they have been…
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has emerged victorious in Switzerland’s $6.5 billion fighter competition, beating out entrants from Eurofighter, Dassault and Boeing.
Over the course of the program, Switzerland plans to spend up to 6 billion…
Nikon EH-7P charger
Nikon Japan has announced, via a product notice, that its Z7 and Z7 II camera systems will no longer come with the previously-included EH-7P AC power adapter, due to issues with sourcing components as a result of the global semiconductor shortage.
The omission of the EH-7P charger, which enables in-camera battery charging via the cameras’ USB-C ports, will go in effect…
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In 2019, Facebook open-sourced AI Habitat, a simulator that can train AI systems embodying things like a home robot to operate in environments meant to mimic real-world settings…
The semiconductor shortage is hitting the camera market in unexpected ways. According to an official notice published to Nikon Japan, the company says that it doesn’t have the parts necessary to include the adapter that allows Z7 or Z7 II cameras to charge a battery…
After the Fagradalsfjall volcano eruption began in March 2021, photographer Jan Erik Waider traveled to the Nátthagi valley in Iceland and captured beautifully abstract photos of lava flowing and cooling.
Waider, a Hamburg, Germany-based fine art photographer, focuses on capturing abstract photos of landscapes and the intimate details found within them.
“Therefore, I was most interested in…
