HeyGears put a single desktop machine on Kickstarter that handles full-color 3D objects, raised surface textures, and high-resolution flat prints on hundreds of materials. Reviewers have already used it to make Pokemon cards that look ready for a binder, and the same hardware builds detailed models with color running through every layer.
Xiaomi stepped into the large family SUV game on July 30 with the SkyNomad N90 Max, an extended-range electric vehicle built around the idea that a car can serve as living space first and transportation second. Presales opened the same day in China at 299,900 yuan, roughly 44,000 dollars, with official deliveries set for September. The company also showed a smaller five-seat N70 Max sibling starting lower, but the seven-seat N90 Max is the clear centerpiece.
On a February evening in 1990, two presenters sat down with a stack of old reports and asked a simple question. What became of the cameras that were supposed to change photography forever? Peter Macann and Kate Bellingham pulled clips from the Tomorrow’s World archive and walked viewers through four ideas that had once looked like the next big thing. Some had already faded. One had quietly taken over. Another was still waiting for the rest of the technology to catch up.
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Insta360 keeps filing patents that point straight at the same light, easy-to-carry drones DJI has been selling to casual pilots and creators. The latest one, utility model CN223865117U, describes a compact aircraft with arms that fold completely into the body and a ring-shaped guard around the propellers. Images from the filing, first noticed in mid-July, show a small black chassis stamped with the company logo and a simple locking system that holds the arms open or closed. The entire package is designed to stay under 250 grams, the legal limit that lets many countries skip the more complicated registration rules.
