Cosina has announced the release of the Voigtlander 28mm F2 Ultron Vintage Line lenses for Leica M mount camera systems. As with the other lenses in the growing Voigtlander Vintage Line series, the 28mm F2 Ultron lens seeks to combine modern optical performance in a vintage-looking package.
The lens comes in two models: Type I and Type II. The only notable difference between the two is the…
Is Boston Dynamics becoming a boring robotics company?
April 18, 2021
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Boston Dynamics has made a name for itself through fascinating videos of biped and quadruped robots doing backflips, opening doors, and dancing to “Uptown Funk.” Now, it has revealed its latest…
A San Francisco woman has learned firsthand that electric bicycles aren’t just for recreation, they also make efficient and cost-effective alternatives to typical transportation like personal cars.
That’s exactly what Maureen Persico has discovered after she made the…
Last year, Google let users control what information appears in the Assistant Snapshot feed. A new “Favorites” section for Google Assistant Snapshot now lets you pin important cards to the top, with this capability being especially handy for important reminders.
When expanded, all Assistant Snapshot cards feature an overflow button in the bottom-right corner. A sheet slides up with…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 17, 2021
April 18, 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…
Tesla with Autopilot engaged approaches 10x lower chance of accident than average car: here’s the data
April 18, 2021
Elon Musk claims that Tesla with Autopilot engaged approaches 10 times lower chance of accident than the average car.
Here’s the data he is basing this claim on.
Since 2018, Tesla has been trying to create a benchmark for its improvement in Autopilot safety by releasing…
In recent weeks, Google deprecated the legacy Wear OS app install method for new phone-watch pairings. This means that buyers of new wearables or those that need to reset their devices might not see all the same apps as before. Developers would ideally update and modernize applications to fix this, but end users can still easily install and sideload those Wear OS apps.
What’s the problem?
New…
Newly leaked images today claim to offer yet another look at the iPhone 13’s redesigned notch. These images are similar to ones we saw earlier this week, but they provide a clearer look at the changes and a comparison to the iPhone 12 notch.
The images were shared on…
Why Are So Many Cameras Limited by Design?
April 17, 2021
Expensive cameras often lack basic features. The most common limitations-by-design are fixed screens and no flash. I suspect that some camera designers aren’t photographers and don’t realize how much these two features will be missed.
Let’s consider these two…
The First-Ever Camera Collar Footage Shot by a Wild Wolf
April 17, 2021
You can now see the world from a wolf’s point of view. This 3-minute video is the first-ever camera collar footage shot from the perspective of a wild wolf.
The video was released by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, which studies wolves in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem of Minnesota. The group trapped a lone wolf, sedated it, put a camera collar on it, and released it back into the wild.
The camera…
