Photographer Aida Muluneh Explores Masks and Face-Painting

Ethiopia-born photographer Aida Muluneh’s works explore and upend perceptions of masks and face-painting by invoking the traditional and incorporating the global. Muluneh, who founded the Addis Foto Fest, seeks to use her photos to respond to everything from stereotypes, biased media depictions of Africans and African Americans, and even the imagery of war. Her work can be seen within the “Being: New Photography 2018” exhibition …

Another Self-Driving Car: Jaguar’s I-PACE

Joining forces, Waymo and Jaguar Land Rover have announced they’re going to design and build “the world’s first premium electric fully self-driving vehicle” called the I-PACE. Planning to add some 20,000 I-PACEs to the fleet over the next few years, the partnership’s aim is to make transport more accessible for everybody—focusing on passengers—and also creating safer roads. Further, by focusing on passengers’ different needs, the …

Speakers May Disappear From Cars Next

With sound technology forever in development, systems in automobiles undergo major changes from time to time (bye bye, tape decks). Thanks to advancements from German auto-component supplier Continental, speakers might be the next to go. This is because the company has developed technology that turns the entire car into a sound system. The rear window becomes a subwoofer; the windshield, floor and seat frames deliver …