James Dyson went through 5,127 prototypes while developing his cyclonic bagless vacuum cleaner — years of iteration that eventually produced the technology on which he built Dyson.
Five thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven. That is how many prototypes James Dyson says he built before his bagless vacuum cleaner finally worked. “There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from each one” he has said. The count has become…
Pixel Camera 11 gets new Quick access dials and Launch mode
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Pixel Camera 11 gets redesigned Quick access controls with sleek, dial-like sliders for settings such as focus, exposure, ISO, and shutter speed. The new dials are hidden by default and only appear after…
2027 Jeep Wrangler Smoky Mountain Brings Trail-Ready Style to the Twelve 4 Twelve Lineup : Automotive Addicts
Automotive Jeep is leaning into the culture that has helped make the Wrangler more than just another SUV with the new 2027 Wrangler Smoky Mountain special edition. Revealed at the 14th annual Smoky Mountain Invasion in Pigeon Forge,…
Norway is preparing to cut a tunnel through a mountain so ships can avoid one of its most dangerous coastal waters: the Stad Ship Tunnel, the world’s first full-scale ship tunnel, built to let vessels pass through rock instead of fighting winter seas
There is a patch of sea off Norway’s west coast that captains treat like a closed road. Stadhavet, the open water beyond the Stad peninsula, gets hit by storms on around 100 days a year, and swells there can build…
Samsung just set a date for the Galaxy S26 FE launch
TL;DR Samsung has announced a Galaxy Event for August 27 to introduce a new addition to the Galaxy S26 family. Samsung hasn’t named the device, but all signs point toward the long-leaked Galaxy S26 FE. Previous leaks have revealed most…
2027 Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC Convertible Brings 795 HP to Open-Air Muscle : Automotive Addicts
Automotive Ford is giving Mustang fans something they have not had in more than a decade, a seriously powerful factory-built convertible sitting near the top of the performance hierarchy. The 2027 Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC Convertible takes…
Waymo’s robotaxis have now completed more than 20 million paid rides — and over the same distance, they caused 92% fewer pedestrian injuries than human drivers; the company is now targeting 1 million rides every single week by year-end 2026
In late December 2025, Waymo’s fleet of driverless robotaxis quietly passed a specific milestone that no autonomous vehicle company had ever reached. The Alphabet subsidiary’s cars completed their 20 millionth paid ride — carrying real passengers in real traffic, without…
Google Pixel 11 partners with Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern and PSG
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has announced long-term Pixel and Gemini partnerships with Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, and Paris Saint-Germain. The partnerships will put Pixel phones in behind-the-scenes, matchday, and social content, while Gemini provides new AI-powered…
2027 Lincoln Nautilus Gets a Fresh Look as Ford Plans to Phase Out China-Built Lincoln Imports : Automotive Addicts
Automotive Lincoln finds itself in an interesting position heading into 2027. Just as Ford has confirmed plans to phase out imports of China-built Lincoln vehicles beginning in 2030, one of the most important models caught in the middle…
When the Apollo 11 guidance software developed under Margaret Hamilton’s leadership began flashing a sequence of 1201 and 1202 alarms more than seven minutes before Eagle touched down in the Sea of Tranquility, it was doing what MIT engineers had designed it to do years earlier: restarting and protecting higher-priority tasks so critical landing computations could continue, a design choice that helped save the landing with about 45 seconds of fuel remaining
At 102:38:26 mission elapsed time, the Apollo 11 lunar module was still more than seven minutes from touchdown when Neil Armstrong announced a program alarm. The code was 1202. Eagle was roughly 33,500 feet, or 10 kilometers, above the Moon,…
