Glamping on the roof of a Kia Sorento is better than it sounds
Throw a Roofnest on top of a car and you’ve got yourself a weekend away. Enlarge / The Roofnest tent is quick to deploy and keeps you off the ground. (credit: Tim Stevens) I've had a fascination with rooftop tents ever sin.....»»
Kia issues new fix for 440,000 previously recalled Optima, Sorento vehicles
The affected vehicles in the U.S. are 283,803 Kia Optima sedans from the 2013-15 model years and 156,567 Kia Sorento crossovers from 2014-15......»»
Apple Music is Getting Lossless and Spatial Audio Support
Apple Music subscribers will find a big chunk of the catalog sounds better next month: The service is adding support for high-quality, lossless and spatial audio through Dolby Atmos at no additional cost, it said Monday. It'll have 20 million lossles.....»»
New study finds that iconicity in parents" speech helps children learn new words
Some words sound like what they mean. For example, "slurp" sounds like the noise we make when we drink from a cup, and "teeny" sounds like something that is very small. This resemblance between how a word sounds and what it means is known as iconicit.....»»
Australia Breaks Major Record For New Solar Panel Roof Installations
Solar panel installations in 2020 were up nearly 30 percent from the year before, breaking its own record for the number of solar panels installed in a year. ScienceAlert reports: The data, compiled by energy efficiency experts and reported in a CSIR.....»»
Yuri Suzuki composes soundscape for electric cars that adapts to the driver
Pentagram partner Yuri Suzuki has developed a new family of sounds for electric vehicles that hope to replace the "monotonous and annoying" noises made by conventional cars. Read more Pentagram partner Yuri Suzuki has developed a new family.....»»
Digital Nose Stimulation Enables Smelling in Stereo
A tiny nose-worn device turns electrical waveforms into directional smells Humans have two nostrils, which you’d think would allow us to determine the direction of smells, in the same way that two ears let us determine the direction of sounds.....»»
The hamburger model is a winning go-to-market strategy
Assembling the perfect burger, or perfect sales model, is more complicated than it sounds, though. Here are some of the biggest do's and don'ts: Caryn Marooney Contributor Share on Twitter.....»»
How scientists are tuning in to the universe, man
You're driving down the freeway listening to the radio, but you're getting static. Enjoy it. That's the sounds of the universe......»»
7 things you didn’t know the Apple HomePod Mini could do
The Apple HomePod Mini sounds great, but is capable of doing a lot more than people realize......»»
Ancestors may have created "iconic" sounds as bridge to first languages
The 'missing link' that helped our ancestors to begin communicating with each other through language may have been iconic sounds, rather than charades-like gestures—giving rise to the unique human power to coin new words describing the world around.....»»
MAD tops Jiaxing Civic Center with roof shaped like a "tarp blown by the wind"
Architecture studio MAD has designed a three-venue civic centre in the city of Jiaxing, China, that will be topped with a continuous roof that has the form of a tarpaulin being blown in the wind, according to the studio. Read more Architect.....»»
Apple AirTag Can Be Hacked, But It"s Not as Bad as It Sounds
Slashgear reports that a security researcher was able to reprogram one of Apple's new AirTags, "but the process and the end result might not yet be worth the worry." Like any electronic device, especially "smart" ones, the Apple AirTag has a microcon.....»»
Ford recalls nearly 617,000 Explorers to inspect, secure roof rail covers
The recall covers the 2016 through 2019 model years. Dealers will install push-pins and replace any damaged rail clips and roof rail covers, as necessary......»»
Hear the sounds of Mars in first-ever audio recording of Ingenuity in flight
The Perseverance rover recorded audio of the Ingenuity helicopter in action on Mars, making it the first spacecraft to record the sounds of another spacecraft......»»
New Audio From Mars Captures Sounds of Ingenuity Helicopter"s Flight
"A ghostly hum has been echoing across the plains of Mars' Jezero Crater," reports Business Insider. Slashdot reader quonset writes: NASA has released a short video of Ingenuity's fourth flight on Mars. However, a bountiful side effect is they were.....»»
Perseverance Mars rover captures video, audio of fourth Ingenuity flight
For the first time, a spacecraft on another planet has recorded the sounds of a separate spacecraft. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used one of its two microphones to listen as the Ingenuity helicopter flew for the fourth time on April 30, 2021. A ne.....»»
BLUE Architecture Studio inserts rustic cabin into Hangzhou furniture store
Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has erected washed stone partition walls and an entire wooden cabin with a pitched roof inside this store in Hangzhou, China. Read more Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has erected washed stone pa.....»»
Nebula’s $700 R2-D2 portable projector could be the droid you’re looking for
Just in time for Star Wars Day 2021, Nebula has released a limited edition of its Capsule II portable projector that looks (and sounds) like R2-D2, for $700......»»
Bad UX Cost Citibank $500M – What Went Wrong?
Stakeholders often ask: “How much does it cost to do this? It sounds expensive.” Instead, they should ask: “How much does it cost not to do these things?” Continue reading........»»
Apple reportedly postponed iPad and MacBook production under continuing chip shortage
Despite Apple's earnings being through the roof and rumors that its second-generation silicon may be ready in time for fall-released devices, Macbooks and iPads due out in the second half of 2021 will likely be delayed. The global chip shortage is af.....»»