Eight years after Tesla finally lifted the lid off its second-generation Roadster, the car is still carrying the weight of its unfulfilled promises. Then the delays started to roll in – first to 2021, and then the promised delivery dates just kept getting pushed further and further back, to 2023, 2024, and beyond. And now, with a fresh job posting looking for battery engineers at the Fremont factory, rumors of 2027 deliveries have resurfaced and the Roadster is back in the spotlight.
Insta360 has just released the X4 Air, a camera that weighs in at a mere 165 grams but carries the heft of 8K 360-degree video, kind of like a feather in a fight. This device slots itself neatly into the X Series as the lightest one yet – made for people who live for the thrill of grabbing a shot without being weighed down by an extra few grams worth of kit.
Ferrari has just unveiled the world’s first digital hypercar – a car that lives solely as an NFT, a digital file permanently embedded in the blockchain. However, the automaker insists that the F76 gives us a true taste of what to expect from future real-world models. It commemorates 76 years since Luigi Chinetti and Lord Selsdon won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with their 1949 166 MM Barchetta.
Businesses in the early 1980s were all about paperwork and figures. Spreadsheets were simply rows of figures, documents were heaped up page after page, and IBM PCs were the workhorses that handled all this data, with an option of two monitors. IBM chose Color Graphics Adapter, which provided a splash of color but was only 640 by 200 pixels, making text appear blocky and difficult to read. Then there was the Monochrome Display Adapter, which produced a 720 by 350 pixel screen in a clear green or amber. Hercules Computer Technology identified the gap and stepped in with a card that married both strengths without having to make any sacrifices
Blue lights flash across a black-red livery as the Maserati MCPura pulls into the Carabinieri’s Rome headquarters. Officers stand at attention as General Commander Salvatore Luongo takes the keys from Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa. This one-off coupe has a mission beyond the track: racing organs and blood across Italy before time runs out.
Henry Kidman thought to himself, ‘why not try building a 16mm motion film picture camera from scratch?’, and went about it using only a 3D printer, an Arduino, and a stubborn refusal to accept that there are some things that just might be too difficult to get done alone. His project shows what’s possible with the tools most of us already have on hand, and what he came up with is a device that against all the odds, actually captures good quality film footage.
DJI has built their name on drones that push boundaries and the Neo fits right into that tradition as their smallest, lightest drone yet. At just $159 for Prime Members (was $199), this 135g machine weighs less than most smartphones and slips into a pocket or backpack.
M82, located 12 million light-years away in Ursa Major, has long been an oddball. Smaller than the Milky Way, it is five times brighter and produces stars ten times quicker than its size would predict. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope photographed this starburst galaxy in a way that feels like opening the curtain on a cosmic fireworks display.
A streamlined dream was created forty years ago, called the HP-X, when Honda teamed up with Pininfarina, resulting in one of the most renowned sports cars in history. Jump ahead to the present day, and the same crew has teamed up again, this time with JAS Motorsport from Italy. What’s their focus? The original Honda NSX, a 1990 marvel, with its rare combination of everyday practicality and supercar performance.
Fortnite players have been chasing after the promise of this moment for years now , and now we’re finally seeing that wait come to a close with a whole lot of bang – or rather a flash of laser from a flying saucer. Epic Games have hooked up with the team behind The Simpsons to bring you a full blown crossover event that drags the wacky colorfulness of Springfield into the ever-changing battle royale island. On November 1st you can expect a live event that brings the two cultural giants together in a way that feels like it was bound to happen but still feels completely off the wall.