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When Ford took the big risk of redesigning the most popular pickup truck of all time, the F-150, with an aluminum truck body and bed, not many consumers were extremely excited about the truck. Ford took its time to ensure they got the truck right, and the F-150 is one of the fastest pickup trucks on the road today.
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London summers can be the most arduous of times. Since early July, we’ve had highs of 98 and lows of 48. We’ve had sun, rain and everything in between. Planning where to go or what to wear more than a few days in advance is an impossibility. I do my best, of course, combining AccuWeather’s useful-but-often-inaccurate extended forecasts with the Dark Sky app for up-to-the-minute weather alerts. Over the past week or so, however, I’ve added a new tool to my arsenal: the BloomSky. It’s an all-in-one outdoor weather station that, for currently $169 and up, provides you with hyper-local weather information. Although it hasn’t changed my life, becoming a meteorologist has been quite a lot of fun.
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It takes a lot to get me excited about a Bluetooth speaker these days. Although subpar sound quality plagued early devices, newer models offer both good looks and solid audio. Even so, most of the current offerings are same-y; unremarkable. Now, a company called Braven has found a way to evolve the Bluetooth speaker even further, with a large selection of rugged wireless speakers.
The BRV-PRO was unveiled earlier this year at CES, and while it certainly looks the part of a weatherproof speaker, it’s the optional accessories that make it most compelling — everything from a solar charging panel to a mount for your action camera. As you can imagine, though, those extras add up quickly. I spent some time with the $150 speaker and the various extras to find out if Braven’s latest is worth it.
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Hold on to your Poké Balls — Pokkén Tournament, the Pokémon fighting game thatdebuted in Japanese arcades this year, is heading to Wii U in spring 2016, worldwide.Pokkén Tournament is in development at Tekken and Soulcalibur studio Bandai Namco, published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo.
As reported back in August 2014,Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada and Soulcalibur producer Masaaki Hoshino are leading the project. Pokkén Tournament takes a realistic approach to Pokémon (as realistic as it can be, at least) in an attempt to turn the franchise into a serious fighting game.
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One of the things that could revolutionize the EV world is batteries that store more power allowing cars to drive for longer distances. Another big battery improvement that could make EVs much more mainstream is the ability to charge the batteries inside the EV much faster. Right now, it can take up to 24 hours to completely charge a normal EV battery.
An Israeli startup company called StoreDot is currently working on a new EV battery that the company claims could be completely recharged in only five minutes. If that sounds farfetched, consider that the company has already created a smartphone battery that recharge in a minute. That smartphone battery is known as the FlashBattery.
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If you’re bilingual and use Chrome, we’ve some good news: you can now enable Chrome Canary to spellcheck multiple languages at once, cutting down on the editing time and eliminating the need to use third-party tools to expedite the revision process.
You’ll need to manually enable the feature and select which languages you want to be monitored, but after that it’ll happen automatically, no additional tweaking necessary. News of the feature first surfaced earlier this summer, but it is now available for all Chrome Canary users to enjoy.
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Don’t expect Bugatti to follow luxe rivals into making an SUV or a sedan, with the company cutting off speculation that it might echo stablemate Bentley’s range-expansion. Despite showing off eye-catching concepts like the Bugatti 16C Galibier 5-door fastback in 2009, not to mention the growing trend among luxury car makers to cater to high-rolling and deep-pocketed customers with a taste for SUVs, according to company chief Wolfgang Dürheimer the focus remains on having just two doors.
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How hard would it be to make an app that accurately recreates a VHS camcorder in a smartphone? That’s the question the folks at Rarevision asked themselves when they set about making the VHS Camcorder app for iPhone.
What we’ve got here is the app itself – an app that describes itself with four words: “Best. Throwback. Videos. Ever.” Rarevision also suggests that you’ll be able to “impress that girl you’re obsessed with by using our app to convince her you built a time machine.”
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Apple has hired one of Tesla Motors’ senior engineers for work on its own self-driving technology — presumably as part of its Project Titan. The information surfaced via LinkedIn, where the network’s profile for Jamie Carlson revealed he has left Tesla and joined Apple. In addition, other LinkedIn profiles show that half a dozen other individuals said to work in the self-driving technology industry have also started working at Apple. Details about “Project Titan”surfaced this past February; the car is said to be a competitor to Tesla.
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Chevrolet has priced up its 2016 Camaro, with the all-important sixth generation car kicking off at $26,695 when it lands in dealerships at the end of the year. Announced as Chevy’s retort to the latest Ford Mustang back in May, the Camaro will be offered as a coupe or convertible, and though there’ll be a relatively small number of models and trims, the company is also throwing a fair amount of options into the mix for personalization.
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The new Moto 360 may have been spotted being worn by a commuter on a train in Chicago, at least according to the person who snapped a couple pictures of it. We’ve seen leaks suggested to be of the newest Motorola wearable over the past weeks, such as the one that surfaced on August 14 showing an unexpected device. A couple days later some regulatory documents surfaced from Brazil indicating that next Moto 360 will be available in two different sizes, per consumer feedback.
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Just like all of Olloclip’s older attachable lenses, the Active is a double-ended accessory that you slip onto your iPhone with the aid of a non-included phone case. While you don’t need the special Olloclip case in order to perfectly line up the lenses with the iPhone’s camera, the added shell helps keep the Active firmly attached to the handset.
The case itself is nice enough, a tinted polycarbonate shell that still lets you see your phone while adding a protective and grippy rubber bumper around the edge. Most of your phone will be safely encased, bear in mind there’s a large window left open around the camera lens to accommodate the Active.
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Dell is the slightly unlikely claimant to the title of world’s thinnest tablet with the Venue 8 7000. It’s also the first device we’ve seen with Intel RealSense technology.
We’ve had to wait a fair while for Dell’s Android tablet to arrive after it was previewed at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) last September. Nevertheless, it’s finally here and more expensive than we expected.
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Dodge Ram 1500
Superman may have been born on Krypton, but he was raised on a farm in Kansas. Being a farm boy there’s no question Superman would appreciate a high quality work truck, and there’s none better than the Dodge Ram 1500. With a 395 hp 5.7 liter Hemi V-8, the Dodge Ram 1500 can handle any workload thrown at it. The leather lined interior adds a sense of luxury to this hard working truck.
The Dodge Ram 1500 comes with plenty of storage space for any tools or equipment Superman might need to bring with him, and an optional four-wheel drive system will help haul anything thrown at it. Of course we all know Superman could just as easily fly rather than drive, but he needs something to commute to work as Clark Kent with.
Alfa Romeo 4C
Barry Allen was once a normal forensic analyst for the Central City Police Department. Until one day a bolt of lighting and exposure to numerous chemicals transformed him into the fastest man alive. The Flash can run at speeds so fast, he can actually travel through time.If the scarlet speedster were to use a car, the Alfa Romeo 4C would be it.
This tiny mid engine italian exotic is affordable and blazing fast. With a 237 horsepower turbocharged engine, this speedster can hit zero to sixty in 4.3 seconds and has a top speed of 158 mph. When Barry isn’t fighting crime as The Flash, he would have a blast racing the streets with the Alfa Romeo 4C.
Smart Fortwo
Peter Parker may fight crime as The Amazing Spider-man, but he’s also a college student in New York City. With a job at the Daily Bugle that barely pays, and rent to worry about, Peter needs an affordable, gas efficient car. Enter the Smart Fortwo. This cute and stubby little car is perfect for big city driving. Great gas mileage, small size and affordable price are all things that would benefit Peter in his daily life.
Parking in the big city shouldn’t be a problem at all, since the Smart Fortwo is much smaller than your average car, allowing it to fit in some tight spaces. The Smart Fortwo isn’t capable of very high speeds, but that’s no problem. Should Peter need to get somewhere fast, he can always use his trusty web-shooters.
Lotus Evora 400
As the resident spy of the Avengers, Black Widow would need a fast, sleek, exotic car to match her personality. The Lotus Evora 400 would be a perfect fit. With a chassis of bonded aluminum, supple suspension, and mid-engine layout, the Evora 400 is anything but ordinary, just like Black Widow.
With a supercharged V-6 the Evora 400 makes 400 horsepower and is capable of a top speed of 186 mph. The suspension and steering are perfectly tuned to allow the vehicle to handle any twists and turns the road throws at it. Whether she’s chasing down a villain, or cruising around the city, the Lotus Evora 400 is a great fit for the Black Widow.
Ford Mustang GT 500
Steve Rogers went through a government experiment that turned him into the super soldier known as Captain America. Rogers certainly is an all American hero, and when you think of an all American muscle car, the Ford Mustang comes to mind. The Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 is without a doubt the perfect car for Rogers.
With a supercharged 5.8 liter V-8 pumping out 662 horsepower and 631 lb-ft of torque, the Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 is lightning on wheels. Hitting zero to sixty in 3.5 seconds, and with a top speed of 189 mph, Rogers would have a blast behind the wheel. The Mustang Shelby GT500 would serve all of Rogers’s needs both on and off duty as Captain America.
Lamborghini Egoista
Tony Stark is a man who can buy pretty much anything he wants, and build anything he can’t buy. When he’s not flying around in one of his Iron Man suits this billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, would probably enjoy driving the Lamborghini Egoista.
It may be a concept car for Lamborghini, but that wouldn’t stop Tony from getting one. Constructed of carbon fiber and aluminium, and coated with a radar-absorbent material to prevent police radar, the Egoista is perfect for Tony. Equipped with a V10 engine putting out 600 horsepower the Egoista can hit 60mph in 3 seconds, although I’m sure his Iron Man suits can do better. The interior looks like the cockpit of a fighter jet, so Tony would feel right at home. With a name like Egoista, how could Tony Stark resist?
Bugatti Veyron 16.4
While Batman may drive around in the Batmobile, his alter ego Bruce Wayne still needs wheels to get him around. When money isn’t an object the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the way to go. Offering a luxurious interior and gorgeous exterior, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 will certainly turn heads when Bruce shows up at fundraisers or gala events.
When he needs to get somewhere fast the Bugatti Veyron 16.4’s quad-turbocharged W-16 will get him there at blinding speeds. With an output of 1,200 horsepower and 1106 lb-ft of torque, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is virtually unrivaled on the road. Much like the Batman is virtually unrivaled on the streets of Gotham.
Dodge Charger Hellcat Hennessey Edition
Little is known about the origins of the man named Logan aka The Wolverine. The subject of a twisted experiment that left his bones coated with an unbreakable metal, Wolverine is on a constant search to find out what happened in his past; while fighting villains to protect the future. With a fiery temper and razor sharp claws like a fierce jungle cat, Wolverine would drive a vehicle as badass as he is.
Enter the Dodge Charger Hellcat Hennessey Edition. With a 805 horsepower supercharged V-8 the Dodge Charger Hellcat Hennessey Edition dominates the road. With an aggressive exterior the Hellcat looks like it might try to eat the other cars on the road. While Wolverine strikes fear in any foe he goes up against, the Hellcat does the same for almost any vehicle that it rolls up to the line against.
Conquest Vehicles Knight XV
After his family was killed by mobsters, Frank Castle became the anti-hero known as The Punisher. Known for being a vengeance fueled force for good, and usually tangling with mobsters and gangsters, the best vehicle for Frank is the Conquest Vehicles Knight XV. Built by British auto maker Conquest Vehicles, the Knight XV is an armored SUV made to be able to withstand a fire fight.
All the glass meets ballistic standards, and the rest of the vehicle is outfitted with high quality, high strength steel. Additional options include a built in oxygen survival kit, under-vehicle magnetic attachment detection system, and a black box system. Frank Castle would be right at home tooling around in one of these, punishing the villains of New York City.
Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged
Bruce Banner was a mild mannered scientist, until he was exposed to extreme levels of gamma radiation and became the giant green rage monster know as The Hulk. The Hulk is the best there is, as far as he is concerned, and if he were to drive a vehicle, the Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged would be it.
Not only is the Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged a luxurious high end SUV, but it can drive almost anywhere. With this vehicle Hulk could smash through treacherous roads less traveled, or enjoy racing around highways with the Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged’s 510 horsepower engine. Just like the Hulk, not much can stop this vehicle from getting where it wants to go. If there’s a road, or road like path, the Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged is going to get there.
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Want a closer look at Blackberry’s rumored, occasionally leaked Android, keyboard-toting smartphone? Evan Blass (of @evleaks) has unearthed some device videos that offer a closer look at that all-important sliding keyboard, as well as that increasingly obligatory segmented-here’s-all-the-parts-of-the-camera-lens-render popularized by Nokia a few years ago.
If the return of a physical keyboard wasn’t weird enough any more, then how about if the phone, codenamed ‘Venice’ landing in two different iterations?
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The idea of using technology to make a better cocktail is hardly new — companies as big as Google on down to the smallest startups are trying to enable those of us with no mixing skills to make a passible Martini or Manhattan. The latest is the MixStik, an LED-covered stick you connect to your phone with Bluetooth. Once the MixStik is paired with your phone, you simply pick a cocktail recipe with the corresponding app — the stick then lights up with colors that correspond with your selected drink’s ingredients. Just drop the stick into the glass, fill it up according to the directions,and you should theoretically have your desired cocktail mixed to the correct proportions.
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Samsung and Apple have been locked in a smartphone war since the first iPhone rolled off the assembly line years ago. Samsung has had some sales success along the way and some devices that didn’t sell as well as the smartphone maker hoped. Apple for the most part has been plugging away with the most popular smartphone in many parts of the world with its iPhone.
Samsung is now specifically targeting iPhone users with what it calls the Samsung Ultimate Test Drive. The test drive requires users to sign up from their iPhone to receive the test drive device. Samsung is only interested in iPhone users, if you use a different smartphone you can’t participate in the program.
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While Samsung went a month early to avoid the IFA and Apple rush of September, it seems that Microsoft will go the opposite route and hold its event a bit later. Two separate sources agree that October will be Microsoft’s month as it will be revealing a new lineup of devices, including the Surface Pro 4, two new Lumia flagships, and the second Microsoft Band wearable. Given the Lumias, this might also be the time when Microsoft will finally launch, or even just unveil, Windows 10 Mobile.
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Google’s Android Wear development team release an Interactive Watch Faces API to diversify the home screen of the platform. Android Wear is one of several smartwatch operating systems very much in the “Wild West” of the platform – especially with updates like this, the whole operating system can be given a jolt of new life. Engagement is about to be shocked with this API, as proven with the first few “interactive watch faces” on the market today.
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As environment-friendly and enticing electric cars may be, there will always be the fear of running out of juice in the middle of nowhere, which is probably worse than running out of gas considering the scarcity of EV charging stations.Tesla has tried to address that range anxiety with a network of Supercharger stations from coast to coast in the US. But that might not be enough. In order to help defray the cost of putting more Superchargers, Tesla has enlisted the help of Airbnb and its hosts to offer EV charging in their very homes.
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This week Samsung has revealed the G9198 dual-screen Android flip phone, a smart device with a bland name. While smartphones with flip-screens like this aren’t all that uncommon in China, this device has something special going for it. This device has a 16-megapixel camera at its back with F1.9 lens with autofocus and LED flash. This could very well be the same camera array already present on the Galaxy S6. If only this device were prepared for launch in the United States! But alas, it’s trapped across the sea.
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Honda has always been a car company that is big on safety and it spends lots of time and money engineering safety into its vehicles. Honda recently had its 2016 Pilot at the IIHS testing facility for testing on the difficult to pass small overlap test. That is the test where an offset head on collision with a stationary object is simulated.
In the test, the Honda Pilot impacted a 200,000 pound barrier at 40 mph with a crash test dummy in the driver seat. That crash dummy simulates what would happen to a driver in the event of an accident. Honda has something it calls “the scrapbook” which is filled with letters and photos from Honda and Acura owners showing their demolished vehicles resulting from various accidents.
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You may never have heard of the company ZUK before, but that’s OK. For one, it’s completely new and for another, it’s still confined to China. The latter, however, will be changing in two months, as the ZUK Z1, the company’s first smart smartphone, will be making its way to still unnamed international markets, trying to repeat elsewhere the spurt of popularity that it enjoyed in China. And with the ZUK Z1 will come Cyanogen’s second device after the OnePlus One to make its international debut as well.
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NVIDIA reveals the GeForce GTX 950 graphics card, a sweet spot for gamers not aiming to break the bank for competition-level play. This graphics card will cost you a cool $160 USD – depending on the model you opt for – and it’ll be sitting kindly alongside cards like the slightly smaller GTX 750 Ti. This card isn’t meant to battle at 4K, but to keep your pocketbook from starting on fire as it delivers graphics on the higher end of 1080p. Still using a monitor you bought four years ago and feel comfortable with using today? Have a peek at the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950.
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There are all kinds of ways to pay compliments to friends who have obviously lost weight, but there’s not much to say to those who have gotten bigger. Usually it’s best to just say nothing, but we don’t wish to be rude. So to our newest long-term tester, a 2014 Mini Cooper S, we say: Hola! Welcome! You’re looking awfully, er, lush these days!
The newly maximized Mini is big for a reason. For its 2014 overhaul, it moved onto BMW’s new UKL global front-drive platform, which soon will underpin a whole family of Mini and BMW vehicles, all of them larger thanthe Cooper hardtop. So the new Cooper, internally dubbed F56, had to stretch a bit as a compromise for its shared architecture. Park the new next to the outgoing R56 model (or especially next to BMW’s original 2001–2006 R50), and the differences are dramatic. The new Cooper has become anything but mini.
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The first BMW M3, that little snarly sweetheart E30 from the Reagan years, didn’t invent its genre. There were heroic versions of otherwise mainstream cars long before it, starting with the Cosworth Vega and VW Golf GTI. Well, actually, starting with the Pontiac GTO. No, really, starting with the Chevy II Nova Super Sport. Okay, fine, starting with the 1949 Olds “Rocket” 88. Discussion closed. But while the M3 wasn’t a new idea, through successive generations of sublimity it became a benchmark for a narrow niche: practical sports sedans with enhanced capability. They’re fast but also reasonably roomy and road-trip comfortable. That segment, let’s call it compact radar bait, is now so formulaic that our three cars, the current M3 and the new Cadillac ATS-V and Mercedes-AMG C63 S, are all but track-sheet clones of each other.
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Nikon’s 1-series cameras have been around for a few years now, but only recently has Nikon created meaningful differentiation between the various models in the lineup. What started as a ho-hum group of similar cameras now includes standouts like the waterproof 1 AW1, and the high-end 1 V3.
And if you want something a little more budget-friendly? Look no further than the Nikon 1 J5 (MSRP $499.95). Despite its entry-level trappings, the J5 packs much of the same firepower as the V3, with creature comforts like a grip elevating this year’s entry far above its J-series predecessors.
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Which smartphone has the best camera?
For many people, this simple question is the deciding factor when it comes to picking a new phone. It’s not hard to see why: Smartphones are the only cameras most people have access to, and they’re deeply integrated into our day-to-day lives. We no longer just call or send texts—we send photos, we Snapchat, we Instagram.
So we set out to find the best smartphone camera, putting our decade plus of experience in lab-testing digital cameras to use. We gathered the flagship phones from LG, Samsung, Apple, HTC, Google, Panasonic, and Sony to see which stands above the rest.
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Fujifilm has unveiled the XQ2, an ultra-portable, high-end pocket camera that keeps both form and function a top priority. Part of their X-Series, the Fuji XQ2 is a successor to the company’s XQ1, a powerful, pocketable beast in its own regard.
As with its predecessor, the XQ2 features Fuji’s award-winning X-Trans sensor technology with an identical 2/3-inch 12-megapixel X-Trans CMOS II sensor. Behind that sensor is the company’s EXR II processor, which ‘more than doubles’ the processing speed of the previous generation used in the XF1. The Fuji XQ2 also keeps the XQ1’s impressive manufacturer-specified startup time of one second and 0.015 second shutter lag.
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The history of photography is littered with the corpses of failed camera concepts.
For every Canon Rebel, there are hundreds of products that—for one reason or another—never quite caught on. In most instances, these failures were well-deserved, whether due to inadequate specs, outrageous pricing, or just plain bad marketing. Still, many of them were based around clever, even game-changing ideas.
Below, we’ve collected some of the strangest products ever introduced to the camera buying public. Products so unique, so downright odd, that they’ve secured a place in photographic history.
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