By her own description, Krista Kim has always been fascinated by the intersection of human existence and digital reality. Kim is a world-renowned digital artist who was one of the first to build and sell virtual real estate—in the form of an NFT known as the Mars House, a […]
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Honda’s electric go-kart shows off its easily swappable battery system
Read my story over at ArsTechnica LONG BEACH, Calif.—Honda has its hands in all kinds of businesses, from lawnmowers and power generators to IndyCar, go-karts, and consumer vehicles. Honda Performance Division (HPD) works explicitly on the high-performance and racing product line and builds, hones, and […]
A Preview of Humane AI: A Super Secret Personal AI Start-Up by Former Apple Interaction Designers
Read my story at Cool Hunting. Tech has always been influenced by art and creative pursuits, and artists have been playing with the idea of immersive, omniscient and innovative AI and computer technology for eons. While the six-day TED 2023 event in Vancouver ran the […]
At TED 2023, One Thing was Clear: The Future of AI Cannot Be Modeled
Read my story at Cool Hunting. Artificial Intelligence is a global topic as innovators and tech giants like OpenAI, Google and Microsoft work toward increasingly intelligent chatbots and artificial systems that leverage the trove of information that exists on the web today, alongside predictive models […]
2023 BMW i7 Review: An All-Electric Movie Experience
Read my story at The Verge. Want a glimpse of the future of luxury cars? The BMW i7 is where it’s at. And the 31-inch, 8K drop-down movie screen for rear passengers is just the icing on the cake. By Abigail Bassett If you grew […]
Lucid Air Touring review: Some reservations
A review of the Lucid Air Touring model for TechCrunch.
Inside the Sony-Honda Afeela Concept
Read my Story at TechCrunch If it wasn’t clear earlier this year when Sony and Honda revealed the concept Afeela EV, it is now: This new joint-venture concept car is all about leveraging entertainment. The company, known as Sony Honda Mobility (SHM) is a joint venture between the […]
Here’s How Honda Designed a Car During the Pandemic
After March 2020, every automaker on the planet had to rethink how it leveraged technology. Everything from design and engineering to key partnerships needed to be rethought to keep businesses running. While Honda may not be the automaker you think of as pushing the automotive […]
Mercedes Built a Concept Car for James Cameron’s Avatar. I drove it.
When you think of the future of transportation, you probably don’t think of water dragons like those in director James Cameron’s newest Avatar movie, Avatar: The Way of Water, which will be released on December 16. You might think of something more along the lines of […]
Camping in the Desert in an All-Electric Rivian R1S
I hate the desert, and it hates me, but camping in a brand new Rivian R1S is where it is at in extreme environments. Read my full story at TechCrunch. Let’s be clear: I hate the desert. In spite of competing in last year’s Rebelle […]
Waymo’s new robotaxi is an all-electric people mover with no steering wheel
The Alphabet company got together with Geely’s Zeekr to build its next-generation autonomous people mover, and it’s as notable for what it’s missing (steering wheel, side-view mirrors) as for what it’s got. Read the full story at The Verge. Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous taxi company […]
Holoride Review: In Car VR Isn’t Nearly as Vomit-Inducing as You’d Think
Virtual reality is coming to the passenger seat near you, at least as long as you own an Audi vehicle with the brand’s most current operating system, anyway. The Audi spinoff, Holoride, announced this week that it will begin offering the Pioneer Pack for just […]