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Instead of worrying about what gear you should be in and how much power to apply, the driver just needs to focus on steering and enjoying the ride. Its electrified version of off-road cruise-control allows the car to manage both throttle and braking through snow, mud, or sand, up or down slopes, and at speeds between 2 and 18 mph.
But this machine truly shines away from the pavement: It’ll scamper gamely over rocks with its all-wheel-drive traction system (which senses both what it’s driving over and how much traction that surface affords), ford water 19.7 inches deep without damaging its 90-kilowatt-hour battery, and climb and descend steep slopes. Jaguar’s I-Pace is an astonishing ride: It’ll rocket you to 60 mph in 4.5 silent seconds thanks to its 394 horsepower and 512 pound-feet of torque, delivered through electric motors mounted on each axle. Grand Award Winner The first truly off-roadable electric vehicle When you consider an electric supercar that snaps back your head with acceleration or a set of tungsten-coated brakes that’ll have you straining against your seatbelt faster than you can say “internal combustion engine,” it’s easy to conclude 2018 was a heckuva year for the road-going brilliance. Rimac Autoįew innovations thrill us more than the ones we drive. Scanning is also swift: It takes just 7 milliseconds, compared to the more than 100 milliseconds facial readers need. Sitting beneath coated glass makes the sensor better able to handle conditions that tend to befuddle biometrics, such as wet or dirty fingers. The optical sensor on the Synaptics Clear ID scanner, which debuted overseas on the Vivo X21 this past fall, resides below a handset’s OLED screen. The loss leaves no room on the device’s face for a fingerprint reader, unless it lives inside the screen itself. Phone bezels-those black borders encircling the display-are dying off. Rest in the clearance bin, little buddies.Ĭlear ID by Synaptics A fingerprint sensor inside a screen Perhaps most importantly, however, fidget spinners were officially nowhere to be seen in 2018. Other honorees help us combat common problems: Tougher glass prevents broken smartphone screens, and a sleep aid blocks noise but lets through crucial alarms. This year’s Best of What’s New gadgets category includes leaps forward in both virtual and augmented reality, which were welcome reprieves from the increasingly hectic world of, well, actual reality. In large part, the items on year’s list of the best new gadgets don’t change the world as much as they change the way we, as tech-loving super nerds, see it. The suit carries enough fuel to fly for up to 8 minutes.
With a design closer to Iron Man’s suit than Flash Gordon’s pack, Gravity uses a trio of precisely controllable kerosene-powered microturbines-two of the breadloaf-sized engines on each hand and one on the back-to generate a stable “tripod” of thrust totaling 1,000 horsepower. Jetpacks have come and gone over the years, usually stymied by short flight times and the sheer danger of strapping jet engines to the human body.
Gravity Jet Suit by Gravity Industries A Tony Stark-style jet suit