Tag: design

Peak Design congratulates Amazon for copying its signature sling bag so well

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Peak Design, a maker of fine bags and accessories, has a problem: Amazon appears to have copied its popular bag, the $99.95 Everyday Sling, with its own $32.99 Amazon Basics Camera Bag. It was even called Everyday Sling until Peak Design’s video. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/3/22311574/peak-design-video-amazon-copy-everyday-sling-bag

See what lidar can do on the iPhone 12 with this 3D-scanning app

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See what lidar can do on the iPhone 12 with this 3D-scanning app

The iPhone 12 Pro’s depth-scanning lidar sensor looks ready to open up a lot of possibilities for 3D-scanning apps on phones. A new one designed for home scanning, called Canvas, uses lidar for added accuracy and detail. But the app will work with non-pro iPhones going back to the iPhone 8, too.

Continue Reading . . . https://www.cnet.com/news/see-what-lidar-on-the-iphone-12-can-do-with-this-3d-scanning-app-canvas/

Jony Ive made the entire tech world care about design

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I love industrial design and have for as long as I can remember. As a child, I broke my dad’s Braun electric razor playing with the dial that raised and lowered the blades because the action was so cool and “clicky.” At school, I dreamed of being either a product designer or an architect.

Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/29/19203188/jony-ive-influence-tech-design

Head of iPhone and iPad chip design may have left Apple

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Someone who helped make the iPad and iPhone as powerful as they are has reportedly departed Apple. Gerard Williams III led the team that created every A-series processor since the A7, but no more. Williams left Apple last month, according to Cnet.

Continue Reading . . . https://www.cultofmac.com/615978/iphone-ipad-chip-design-apple-gerard-williams/