Kia AI tailors vehicle interiors to passengers’ emotions

Kia is preparing for a future with autonomous cars and at CES it will be showing off its Real-time Emotion Adaptive Driving System, or R.E.A.D. The company says its AI-based system can adapt vehicle interiors to a passenger’s emotional state by using sensors to monitor their facial expressions, heart rate and electrodermal activity. Based on […]

Staff Picks: Hurray for the Riff Raff, ‘Interiors,’ ‘The Sellout’

Need a great book to read, album to listen to, or TV show to get hooked on? The Flavorwire team is here to help: in this weekly feature, our editorial staffers recommend the cultural object or experience they’ve enjoyed most in the past seven days. Scroll through for our picks below. Interiors and Another Woman […]

Revised 2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class line gets more advanced tech, plusher interiors

Mercedes-Benz unveiled the refreshed S-Class lineup this week at the 2017 Shanghai Motor Show. Every model, from the standard S450 all the way up to the Mercedes-Maybach S650, gets a host of revisions both inside and out. New engines reside under some revised bodywork, while the interior receives updated colors and trims. New tech and […]

Eurostar refits old fleet with new interiors, Wi-Fi and on-board entertainment

The cross-Channel rail operator is deconstructing its older trains into an empty shell before refitting them with modern interiors, Wi-Fi and an on-board entertainment system. UK travellers will be able to experience the upgraded carriages on trips from London to Paris, Brussels, the Alps and the south of France. The trains, which are more than […]