Tesla took home the highest safety honor from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for the first time in the automaker’s history. That’s right, the Tesla Model 3 earned the 2019 Top Safety Pick+ award from the IIHS after achieving a “good” performance in all six of its crash tests as well as performing well in a headlight test and in a test for its frontal-crash prevention systems. Where does all this testing happen? In the Tesla Crash Lab of course. Read more for a video showing just what happens in the lab.
Matt Thompson, a professional woodworker from Michigan, is known for his wacky creations, including a beer-dispensing Adirondack chair, but his latest project may be the most unique of all. Simply put, it’s a wooden Rube-Goldberg-inspired chair that not only massages the back, but can even pour you a glass of wine. For those who don’t know what a Rube-Goldberg machine is, it’s basically one designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and overly complicated way.
NASA revealed two new spacesuits designed specifically for astronauts headed to the Moon on its upcoming Artemis missions, with the first to launch some time in 2024. This new design will let astronauts move around more dynamically, including a natural walking motion, while still offering plenty of range for their arms, complete with with new gloves for free movement of their fingers to pick up lunar rocks off, etc. Read more for a video and additional information.
The Panasonic LUMIX G7 4K Digital Mirrorless Camera Bundle includes the LUMIX G Vario 14-42mm and 45-150mm lenses, all for $497.99 shipped, today only, originally $999.99. It features a high-resolution (2,360k-dot) OLED Live View Finder with 10,000:1 contrast for high visibility even under direct sunlight as well as an adjustable tilt/swivel touch-display for maximum clarity. Intelligent auto focusing [AF] tracks the color, size, as well as motion vector of the subject, enabling quick and precise focus lock. Product page. Read more for a hands-on video review and additional information.
Priced from $649, the Google PixelBook Go is not the most affordable laptop, but it does contain some useful features not found in its predecessors. The base model comes with an Intel Core M3 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 64GB SSD. Both models can be configured with a 13.3-inch panel in 1080p or 4K, the latter of which is a Molecular Display, or low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) LCD that offers faster response times and brighter colors. Read more for two videos and additional information.