You won’t find artists with hand-drawn designs hunched over at New York City’s Bang Bang Tattoo, just a robotic arm, guided by artificial intelligence, that etches precise grayscale designs into skin. This is Blackdot, a startup from Austin, Texas, that’s redefining what a tattoo machine can do.
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Smaller than its siblings, the DJI Osmo Nano seems to take cues from the DJI Action 2, a camera known for its modular design. Photos online show a device slightly bigger than the Action 2 but still smaller than the Osmo Action 5 Pro. A single camera lens on the front suggests a focus on simple, high quality capture rather than the 360 degree sweep of the Osmo 360.
Insta360’s latest move with the X5 Satin White Limited Edition involved heading to the edge of space. They sent their new 360-degree action camera 23.6 miles above Earth, into the upper stratosphere, to capture footage where the planet curves and space looms. Partnering with Sent Into Space, a company that specializes in near-space videography, Insta360 truly put on a show to see what this thing can do.
The 11-inch iPad Air M3 with 128GB of storage is $449 now, and it’s a tough act to beat. At this price, down from $599, it’s a steal if you want to bridge the gap between your phone’s convenience and a laptop’s versatility.
A new kind of shopping experience is coming to 10 Best Buy stores this fall. IKEA, famous for its massive warehouses filled with affordable, stylish home furnishings, is teaming up with Best Buy to bring mini IKEA stores to Florida and Texas. This is the first time IKEA’s products and services will be available through another US retailer, so you can plan and buy everything you need for your kitchen and laundry room in one stop.
Photo credit: Ashley Prange
Ashley Prange, a conservationist, flew over Germany’s Rhine Valley this summer with her iPhone 16 Pro in hand. She was filming through an open window when disaster struck. The phone slipped and fell 2,600 feet to the ground. Most would write off such a loss – after all, a phone falling from a plane sounds like a death sentence.
A new kind of shopping experience opened in Beijing’s E-Town district and it’s unlike any mall you’ve ever been to. The Robot Mall, which spans four stories and 4,000 square meters, is China’s first retail area dedicated to humanoid and consumer robots. It houses over 100 robots from 40 different firms, including local heavyweights Ubtech Robotics as well as Unitree Robotics, and aims to integrate robotics into everyday life.
Dawn Aerospace’s Aurora, a rocket-powered spaceplane that can dance at the edge of space, is 15.7 feet long with a 13-foot wingspan. On July 17 it carried a payload that could change the way we see the sky, reaching Mach 1.03 and 67,000 feet in a test flight that felt like a glimpse into the future.
