Cambridge Audio looks to enhance living-room audio with new flagship DAC

The UK’s Cambridge Audio has announced a new flagship digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier combo that promises a “thrilling performance that’s bigger than the box it comes in.”Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, TechnologyTags:… Continue reading Cambridge Audio looks to enhance living-room audio with new flagship DAC

Sony reveals pro-focused Alpha 1 full-frame mirrorless flagship

Sony has pulled back the curtain on what it’s calling the most technologically advanced camera that the company has ever released. The Alpha 1 leads the pack with a newly developed 50-megapixel sensor, 30 fps continuous shooting and 8K/30p video.Contin… Continue reading Sony reveals pro-focused Alpha 1 full-frame mirrorless flagship

HyVibe System brings digital smarts to any acoustic guitar

French sound design firm HyVibe hit Indiegogo in late 2017 with an acoustic guitar infused with digital smarts. Now the company has announced a kit that can turn pretty much any acoustic into a hybrid smart guitar.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Techn… Continue reading HyVibe System brings digital smarts to any acoustic guitar

Sono Motors and EasyMile embed solar cells in driverless shuttle

At the online-only CES 2021 earlier this month, German mobility startup Sono Motors revealed a collaboration with EasyMile to install its solar technology on driverless shuttles. Now we have a few more details.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport,… Continue reading Sono Motors and EasyMile embed solar cells in driverless shuttle

Cake invites riders to first One Design electric MX championships

Since launching the first Kalk electric motorcycle in 2018, Sweden’s Cake has gone from off-road trails to city streets to rolling workbench. Later this year, the company returns to its dirt-bike roots to host its first motocross race.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Cake invites riders to first One Design electric MX championships

Leica wraps special-edition M10-P rangefinder in Kevlar armor

To mark the 40th anniversary of its Oskar Barnack Award photo contest, Leica has launched given its M10-P rangefinder a Kevlar overcoat and released it as the limited-edition Reporter model.Continue ReadingCategory: Photography, TechnologyTags: Leica, … Continue reading Leica wraps special-edition M10-P rangefinder in Kevlar armor

Triggo tilting electric quadricycle pulls its wheels in for parking

It looks a bit like it’s a Twizy family member, but Poland’s Triggo EV has a few neat tricks that Renault’s city roller doesn’t. It leans into the corners, at higher speeds its front wheels are spread out for stability, but slow down and they can be pu… Continue reading Triggo tilting electric quadricycle pulls its wheels in for parking

Bianchi covers all bases with city, touring and mountain ebike family

Italian bike maker Bianchi – if not the oldest bicycle company, then certainly one of the oldest – has announced the e-Omnia family of ebikes, which include five models spanning three different riding categories.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, Tran… Continue reading Bianchi covers all bases with city, touring and mountain ebike family

Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores

Last month we reported that a huge vertical farming operation near Copenhagen in Denmark recently completed its first harvest. That setup uses hydroponics, but the veggies grown in Vertical Field urban farming pods take root in real soil.Continue Readi… Continue reading Vertical farms grow veggies on site at restaurants and grocery stores