Over the past year, our car writers drove every new car and truck worth the steel it’s made of. Then we brought the top 12 cars to Palm Springs, drove them some more, and voted on the Digital Trends 2015 Car of the Year awards. Behind the scenes it was a blur of shiny paint, carbon fiber, and windy mountain roads that led us to the truth.
The Apple Watch has rumbled into trouble thanks to faulty “Taptic Engines” and a heart-rate monitor that doesn’t jibe with wrist tattoos. That butterfly on your wrist is now a mistake for two reasons.
Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality glasses could someday read the emotions of people around you, allowing you to monitor exactly how weirded out your date is when you show up wearing augmented-reality goggles, then go home rejected and watch porn in your basement.
Technology finally cracked the MasterLock. Now the inside of a high school locker is open to anyone with a smartphone and a few mischievous minutes to kill. You’ll never need to buy a mirror or gym shorts again.
This episode of Trends with Benefits features managing editor Nick Mokey, automotive editor Nick Jaynes, and A/V editor Caleb Denison, and host Greg Nibler.
Not everyone can afford to hire a personal trainer. And let’s be honest, learning exercises from YouTube or the gym regulars isn’t exactly foolproof. We need a solution that is both affordable and accurate.
A research group at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), led by Dr Biswajit Saha, has a solution. He created a bendy wearable sensor that works in the gym and for sports like tennis and swimming.
The OnePlus Buds Clip are a new pair of open-ear earbuds built around a simple convenience. They join Sony’s LinkBuds Clip in the growing ear-cuff category, but either OnePlus bud can go on either ear.
Sensors recognize how the earbuds are being worn and route the audio channels accordingly. There’s no label to check before putting them on, and the feature also works when only one bud is used.