Hope
Apple’s rumored camera sensor gives me more hope for future iPhones
Summary Apple is allegedly working on a camera sensor with up to 20 stops of dynamic range, more than what many professional cameras are capable of — including ones used to shoot Hollywood movies. Putting that in an iPhone would all but eliminate worries about low-light shooting, and might also make iPhones better at handling…
TEG energy harvesting: hype or hope?
I like to follow energy-harvesting research developments and actual installations, as there are many creative approaches and useful applications. In many cases, harvesting has solved a power-source problem effectively and with reasonable cost versus benefit. At the same time, however, I see energy harvesting as often being oversold at best and overhyped at worst. There’s…
Everything we hope to learn at Google I/O 2025: Gemini, Gmail, and Project Astra updates
UPDATE: May. 19, 2025, 1:36 p.m. EDT This article has been updated with new information from ‘The Android Event,’ the Android-focused mini I/O event held on Tuesday, May 13. The latest news from Google-land is all Gemini, Gemini, Gemini. And with Google I/O 2025 less than a day away, we expect more of the same….
Doctor Who ‘Lux’ review: Hope can change the world
Spoilers for “Lux.” It’s an interesting time to be a long-running science fantasy media property in the streaming TV age. Star Trek is in the grip of an existential crisis as it (wrongly) fears it’s too old-aged to be relevant. Star Wars became a battlefield in the culture war and, to duck all future bad…