Samsung’s Instant Beauty App

Samsung’s latest smartphone feature automatically “fixes” the way your face looks when you take a selfie. After recognizing that over half of photo-takers who post to Instagram of Facebook use some kind of filter or picture-editing app, the South Korean company is pre-loading “beauty face” into its devices—a camera function that instantly smoothes skin tone, removes wrinkles and even narrows your face. In fact, you’ll …

Boeing’s “Force Field” Patent

Boeing has just filed a patent for “shockwave attenuation via electromagnetic arc” or more simply put: force fields. The defense company plans to use the patent to help protect military vehicles from incoming shockwaves generated by explosions. When a nearby blast is detected, vehicles equipped with the technology will be able to immediately neutralize them by emitting a blast of its own. While it won’t …

Tinker Hatfield on the Air Max Zero

Since its introduction in 1987, the Nike Air Max 1 has become a global icon in sneaker design, yet very few know its origin story—until now. To celebrate its self-proclaimed Air Max Day on 26 March 2015, Nike will launch the Air Max Zero, the very first shoe design to include a built-in, see-through bubble, which was eventually scrapped due to marketing issues. To learn …