Lewin Day

The world is full of car-sharing services, from Turo to Zipcar and beyond. Down in Australia, Uber had its own effort imaginatively named Uber CarShare. Sadly, that business has apparently fallen in a big heap, and has now shut down entirely. And yet, a few months ago, the future looked so bright. See, earlier this […]

The Tesla Cybertruck was controversial long before it ever hit the streets. Some of that was down to the long delays ahead of production beginning, some of it was down to design, and many lay blame at the feet of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Indeed, we’ve discussed previously that it’s virtually pointless to review the […]

Cars! They used to come in all shapes and sizes. They still do, kinda, but the US market has gotten very SUV-heavy of late. That sort of implies most people prefer a high-riding, chunky vehicle with a bulbous body shape. But this isn’t Autopian Assumes, it’s Autopian Asks! So I ask you: what is your favorite body […]

Ikea is known as a purveyor of build-it-yourself flatpack furniture. Lego is known as a purveyor of build-it-yourself toys. Both are known for their instructions. The latter’s are considered incredibly clear and useful, while the former’s are often derided as arcane and confusing—though the major difference between the two is color printing.

Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be doing everything these days. Making images, making videos, and replacing most of us real human writers if you believe the hype. Maybe it’s all over! A…

Let’s say you’re going to a music festival. You could just take water, sunscreen, and a hat. Or, you could take a rad glowing witch’s staff to really draw some eyes and have some fun. [MZandtheRaspberryPi] recently undertook just such a build for a friend and we love how it turned out.

Driverless cars promise to be a game-changing mode of transportation. They’re already out and about in some cities, serving taxi duty, with varying levels of success. Unfortunately, though, these are also naive, vulnerable machines that are easily taken advantage of by bad actors. We’re seeing this play out all too regularly right now. I spoke […]

I found myself browsing automotive forums last week on my regular hunt for stories, and I happened upon a curious thing. Over on Corvette Forum, back in 2014 there was a guy working on a classic ’66 Corvette. He’d found a bunch of weird metal pellets in the gas tank and wondered what the heck […]

It’s 2024. You’ve probably got one or more pairs of wireless headphones around the house. [Barnso] prefers wired headphones with a long cable, but he also decries the fact that it often gets tangled in his chair. The solution? A pulley system to make everything easier.

It’s pretty easy to take a balloon, fill it up with helium, and send it up in to the upper atmosphere. It’s much harder to keep track of it and recover it when it falls back to Earth. If you’re trying to do that, you might find some value in the Tiny4FSK project from the New England Weather Balloon Society.