BMW’s iX Flow colour changing car
BMW’s iX Flow was one of the biggest talking points of this year’s CES event, and with good reason! While this is just a concept car, the iX Flow has a special trick up its sleeve. Yes, it looks like an incredibly normal and somewhat boring car but, at the touch of a button, it can completely change color. BMW has made use of color-swapping e-ink ‘paint’ that means it can change effortlessly from black to white. Calling it paint doesn’t quite encapsulate the technology going on here. Instead, BMW has covered the car in a body wrap with electrophoretic technology built into it. What does that mean? The car is covered in millions of micro-capsules. These contain negatively charged white pigments and positively charged black pigments. Change the setting on an electrical field and boom, the chosen pigments rise to the surface to change the color of the car. It’s essentially a giant E-reader display stretched across a car. Not the most useful feature for a car unless you are the new Bond escaping from the latest batch of nameless henchmen sent after you, but an eye-catching ‘display’ nonetheless.
Skydio 2+
Consumer drones are everywhere these days and while it is a market that is heavily monopolised by DJI, a lot of other brands are finding punchy ways to stand out. Skydio is one of these brands, making waves with its smart features. At CES 2022 it revealed the latest rendition of its Skydio 2 – the Plus model. Considering people were pretty pumped about the original Skydio 2, it seems surprising that they would release an update and yet, it makes some really key changes. On top of a 20 percent boost in battery life and control range, Skydio also added its keyframe technology. Keyframe is an app that allows the user to create a pre-set flight plan for the drone. It will then use an autonomous AI to do both the flying and filming for you. That’s a really exciting addition for those who are trying to both film and be the centre of the action. You choose keyframes and locations and the AI will fly on its own through that path. It even allows you to take the exact same route over and over again if you didn’t get a shot you like.
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