All nine models competing in the Hypercar class of the WEC will be lighter and run more power power in Sunday’s Imola 6 Hours than in the Qatar 1812Km on 2 March with the exception of the rehomologated <strong>Peugeot</strong> 9X8 LMH.

Ferrari, Toyota receive biggest BoP breaks for WEC's Imola round

Peugeot has been evaluating “quite a lot of different concepts” to update its LMH car ahead of next year’s FIA World Endurance Championship season, according to its technical director Olivier Jansonnie. The French manufacturer finished on the podium ...

Peugeot Evaluating “Different Concepts” for 9X8 Updates

The 5008 is expected to debut primarily as a full-electric model. It will be built on Stellantis' STLA Medium platform, which offers up to 700 km range.

Peugeot to launch new 5008 in 2024 with EV focus

Automaker Stellantis said Tuesday that the autoworkers strike in North America is expected to cost the company around 750 million euros ($795 million) in profits le

Stellantis Expects Auto Workers Strike to Cost It $795M in Q3 Profits

Franco-global auto-making conglomerate Stellantis has shrugged off the effects of the prolonged North American strikes to post third-quarter revenues of 45.1 billion

Jeep-Owner Stellantis Fends Off Strikes To Post Big Revenue Rise

Automaker Stellantis said Tuesday that the autoworkers strike in North America is expected to cost the company around 750 million euros ($795 million) in profit

Jeep owner Stellantis says strike will hit profit less than at Ford or GM

Stellantis revenues rose seven per cent in the third quarter despite a collosal multibillion hit from strike action in the US.

Stellantis: Vauxhall and Peugeot owner’s sales jump despite £2.6bn strikes hit

Automaker Stellantis says that the autoworkers strike in North America is expected to cost the company around 750 million euros ($795 million) in profits — less than its North American competitors.

Stellantis expects North American strike to cost it 750 million euros in third-quarter profits

At some point, the batteries that power an electric car will need to be replaced. However, if you’ve just bought a new EV, this really isn’t something to worry about.    All electric car batteries lose capacity over time.

How many years will the batteries last in an electric car?

Leapmotor vehicles will arrive in Europe in two years. Its EVs may be built in Stellantis plants around the world, including the U.S.

Stellantis says U-turn on China will help it beat EV rivals

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The American auto industry finds itself on potentially shaky ground, as a significant and historic labor movement gains momentum. On September 15, automotive production came to a screeching halt at three major facilities located in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri. Details on the Strike This stoppage is due to nearly 13,000 members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union deciding to down tools and walk off the job. Notably, this marks the inaugural occasion in U.S. history where the UAW has simultaneously initiated strikes against the "Big Three" automakers: Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. Stellantis, it should be noted, isn't just a single brand. It encompasses a portfolio of 14 different automotive brands, which includes household names like Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep. This wave of strikes was prompted by the expiration of union contracts for a vast number of UAW members, totaling approximately 150,000, who work for the Big Three. These contracts ran out on September 14. According to the details of this now-expired agreement, full-time autoworkers would start with an hourly wage of $18. This rate could climb to a peak of $32 per hour, but only after they have dedicated eight years to the job. Several pressing questions emerge in the wake of these developments. What is the Biden administration’s proposed plan to navigate or potentially mitigate this labor dispute? It remains crucial for the authorities to address this swiftly, given the immense economic implications of a prolonged strike and the negative consequences it can have on the livelihoods of thousands of workers. CBS that Ford Motor said it had temporarily laid off 600 non-striking workers at its assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan, only hours after other employees at the facility had walked off the job early Friday. reported UAW President Shawn Fain visited the Wayne plant Friday and said the strike will continue until Ford, GM, and Stellantis (which owns Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and RAM, along with foreign brands such as Peugeot and Open) lift worker wages and improve job security. Interestingly, in August, the Biden administration billions in grants and loans to help the auto industry transition to making electric vehicles — while retaining union workers for the new jobs, announced as reported by Michigan Radio. The $15.5 billion program is expected to be administered by the Department of Energy. Car companies that have a long history in auto manufacturing with an existing union workforce, will get preference for some of the money. That could mean the Detroit Three would have an application advantage over car makers in southern states with non-unionized workforces. While the immediate effects of the strike seem detrimental, it's possible that some sectors or entities might find an advantage. Who stands to benefit from this labor unrest? With traditional automakers facing such disruptions, does this present an opportunity for the Electric Vehicle (EV) market to capture a larger share? Could this strike inadvertently propel the EV industry to the forefront of the American automotive sector? The UAW strike is not just about immediate labor concerns. Beneath the surface, there's a deeper undercurrent of unease about the impending shift towards EVs and its potential implications for the labor market. By virtue of having fewer parts than their traditional internal combustion counterparts, EVs inherently demand less manual labor, potentially leading to significant job cuts. Moreover, the geographic distribution of these emerging EV industries raises eyebrows. A substantial portion of the new plants dedicated to EV manufacturing is sprouting in the southern states, where the climate is not particularly friendly towards labor unions. Companies like Tesla and several Asian EV manufacturers, while pioneering in the field, are criticized for not compensating their workforce adequately. The relatively lower wage structure in these firms stands in sharp contrast to what unionized workers in traditional automakers earn. Recognizing the tidal wave of change coming, the UAW sees this juncture as crucial. It's not just about immediate wages or working conditions; it's about setting a precedent for the future of American EV manufacturing. The union aims to ensure that as the EV industry flourishes, the workforce isn't sidelined but rather receives a just portion of the burgeoning profits. Parallel to this labor-management dispute runs a broader political narrative. There's an ongoing tug-of-war between factions advocating a rapid shift to EVs to curb carbon emissions and those championing the rights of fossil fuels. Some argue for a more laissez-faire approach, proposing that market forces alone should dictate the speed of this automotive evolution. What Happens Next? Amidst this complicated and layered saga, the Biden administration has come under scrutiny. The question arises: What steps is the current government taking to mediate and guide this transformation? As we stand on the cusp of an automotive revolution, the choices made now will undoubtedly influence the trajectory of the U.S. auto industry for decades. The intersection of labor rights, technological advancements, and environmental concerns promises a difficult road ahead, and we will need to come together to navigate it. Only time will tell how these events will unfold and shape the future of the American automotive landscape. Until then, let us hope everyone keeps their jobs.

Is America’s Auto Industry in Trouble?

Congrats on raising new financing for Masa Finance. How much money did you raise? And what are the terms of the deal? On May 4, we announced a $3.5 million in pre-seed funding. We offered equity through a SAFE in the sponsoring company and tokens in the DAO which is launching when the protocol goes live later in the year. Who participated in the round? And how will these investors help the business grow beyond the money? The round comes from both traditional and web3-focused VCs. Investors include Unshackled Ventures, executives from GoldenTree Asset Management (a $46bn credit-focused fund), Flori Ventures (Celo-focused fund), GSR, Decentranet, Intersect VC, Lateral Capital, Peer VC, Alves Ventures, and several angel investors in the fintech/blockchain space including Louis Beryl (founder of Earnest), Gustavo Menezes (24hr of Le Mans Driver for Peugeot Sport), and Jacob Riglin; a high-profile NFT artist who will be launching future NFT-collateralized loan products. What does your company offer today? And what do you think it will provide in the future? Masa Finance provides a simple user experience through which people can link, manage, and track traditional and cryptocurrency accounts to create a non-fungible credit report - allowing access to credit through fully on-chain services. You can think of the user experience as credit karma for DeFi in the first version of the app. Underpinning this, Masa’s credit protocol comprises a decentralized credit bureau, a private transaction layer, and an embedded lending protocol consisting of a non-fungible credit report, composable credit primitives, smart contracts, and liquidity pools, enabling developers to launch sophisticated credit products in DeFi to match the existing centralized credit paradigm. At launch, Masa supports over 10,000 data sources across 78 countries through traditional financial data integrations with Credit Bureaus, Banks, and Fintechs; aggregated together with global cryptocurrency coverage through exchange integrations, Masa unlocks a market of 2.97B people through its credit infrastructure. We have several partners ready to provide liquidity and loan products within the app; including , , and . Masa will be the first DeFi platform to offer uncollateralized loans through  partners in the US, Canada, and sub-Saharan-Africa. Goldfinch Blackcopper EQ Exchange What differentiates your product and/or offering from competitors? Masa’s mission is to bring the next billion people to DeFi by bringing data from off-chain financial data and cryptocurrency accounts together on-chain. The platform offers a seamless user experience through which anyone can link, manage, and track their CeFi and DeFi accounts. By giving users the ability to create and leverage a new decentralized NFT credit report, Masa can create a decentralized credit score and unlock access to uncollateralized loans and other tailor-made financial products through fully on-chain DeFi services. In laymen’s terms, how do you plan on spending the money? We are focusing on expanding our senior team by finding the highest performing people who want to work in a decentralized organization (DAO) - this includes roles across engineering, growth, and operations. Given the scale of the vision we have, finding highly experienced engineers is critical. We have just hired a Head of People Operations to drive culture, recruiting, and performance across the organization. With the pre-seed behind us, and with our first partners going live we are raising a Seed Round to expand, and launch the DAO and the protocol's production release. Alongside this, we will conduct a public token sale and scale NFT credit reports and node operators If you want to work for a high-performing distributed team check out our open roles here (link). What’s exciting about your traction to date? And how do you plan on measuring growth going forward? Masa is building on Celo and Ethereum, has 36,000 people signed up to the platform, 8 partners going live in the Masa App, and 2,100+ node operators on its live testnet that supports zero-knowledge private transactions and private smart contracts. Masa has seen double-digit growth each month as we’ve started rolling out our platform into different markets. The first credit products launching on the protocol include a credit builder loan, uncollateralized loans, and an SME line of credit through its app in June. We are focusing on two main drivers for growth and adoption of the platform; the number of NFT credit reports, and the number of partners providing loans through the Masa App. These two components drive private transaction volume to the private zero-knowledge layer which we expect to see continued growth in node operators from the current number live on the testnet. What are your revenue expectations over the next three years? The Masa platform drives protocol revenues through transaction fees on the private transaction layer, fees on loans originated through the platform (the majority of which goes to funding providers), and referral fees for partner loans issued through the Masa App. These fees are shared with validators and node operators who stake tokens to verify and relay private transactions - a percentage of these fees also accumulate in the DAO treasury. As a DAO we are focused on driving adoption of the protocol layer that enables private transactions,increasing the value of the token which is staked by validators and the DAO treasury. Our ambition is to be a globally adopted layer 1 private transaction layer for the entire DeFi credit ecosystem - this means growing to be a multi-billion dollar protocol that drives value for validators and node operators. At launch Masa will have a significant DAO treasury that will secure the long-term growth of the protocol. The north star metric we use to measure  adoption is the number of users who have created NFT credit reports on the platform by connecting off-chain data sources on-chain. What is your TAM (Total Addressable Market)? And what is your strategy to acquire the maximum share of this market? 95% of all lending in DeFi is collateralized with a high barrier to entry. Existing DeFI lenders are building for a world that doesn’t yet. With our data partnerships and integration we support over 10,000 data sources in 78 countries which addresses a market of 2.97B people. We are on track to create 5 million NFT credit reports over the next 18 months and onboarding over 100 lenders to the platform. Long term we want to be the ubiquitous decentralized credit layer for DeFi which means onboarding billions of users globally. In your funding raising pitch deck, what is your favorite slide? My favorite slide addresses our go-to-market for the next 18 months and our ambition in taking on a massive market. It not only demonstrates how incredibly huge the credit market is but it also shows how massive Masa will be by bringing a small bite of the global credit pie to DeFi. If we want to take DeFi mainstream the lowest hanging fruit to me is offering open access to credit services. We are very early on in the growth of DeFi, there are only 4.6M active users. Masa has the opportunity to double the number of users of DeFI wallets over the next 18 months alone by providing them with an NFT credit report. At 5m NFT credit profiles this represents a strong step forward in our mission to bring the next billion people to DeFi. What problem are you solving? And Why is now the time for your company to solve this? 3.5 billion people worldwide do not have access to credit-building services. DeFi is creating an alternate universe of finance, commerce, investment, and sources of capital for DeFi lenders to serve more customers.  DeFi innovation will profoundly transform the global economy and disrupt industries. It is starting to reshape the way people borrow and save and is remaking banking as we know it. DeFi lending has a profound role to play in this transformation. Key benefits of DeFi include greater security, speed, lower costs, a wide range of services - giving more choice, and the ability to unlock financial freedom through crypto holdings. In addition to these accessibility problems developers have no middleware connecting traditional Finance with DeFI AND they can’t access encrypted (private) financial data for smart contracts. We solve for both. What are the potential risks to the business? i.e. technology, regulatory, incumbents, legal, etc. There are several hurdles to the mass adoption of DeFi. These include: Scalability – A sustainable DeFi ecosystem will likely consist of interoperable blockchains. Gas Fees – The issue of gas fees needs to be addressed to enable financial inclusion. We are building on Celo which is both mobile friendly and has low gas fees. Institutional Adoption – Mass institutional adoption will likely follow widespread consumer adoption. Utility – Most DeFi platforms in the space are building for a future that does not exist yet. We need a platform now that can serve and integrate core centralized banking systems and bridge them to DeFi. To overcome these obstacles, we need to educate consumers and institutions on the benefits of DeFi. Currently, there are many, particularly in developed countries, who are comfortable with the status quo. These mainstream users who do not have an immediate incentive to learn about new and complex protocols and the disruptive technology enabling it. We need them on board in order to accelerate mass adoption of DeFi and ultimately achieve financial inclusion. What intellectual and digital property does the company own? Or intend to build/own? i.e. patents, patents pending, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, domains, bored apes, etc. We are planning to open source all aspects of the protocol over time - this process will be governed by members of the DAO and will be done under the philosophy of progressive decentralization. Why should we think Masa could grow to the moon?! There is an undeniable need to extend credit to billions of underserved individuals around the world. Without fair access to credit people cannot build leverage and increase their personal wealth. The fundamentals of wealth creation hinge upon access to credit. The current system does not serve the many, it serves the few. As a credit invisible person in the US - having immigrated here and only having 5 years of credit history I know how big the barriers are for accessing credit if you are not born into the system. Masa will succeed because we are enabling a more equitable future that provides access to financial services to an underserved global population, one of the most overlooked segments by traditional finance. Unlocking this market segment and aligning incentives through DeFi will drive massive growth of our platform. We will be the credit bureau (credit DAO) of the future, owned by all participants - not one central entity.

Q&A with Brendan Playford, Founder of Masa Finance

HMI solutions find their application in various fields: medicine, industry, automotives, and everyday life. All of them serve to display the operational data of the equipment in an informative way in almost real-time. With the help of the Qt framework, developers can quickly and easily create HMIs that meet the highest requirements. That is why many well-known companies choose Qt for their projects. What is a human-machine interface, and why is it needed? A human-machine interface (HMI) is a general term for engineering solutions that enable interaction between people and machines, computer systems, or applications. Starting and stopping processes, as well as monitoring, can be done remotely, thus reducing the number of errors and the time required for making decisions. Human-machine interfaces for production line control In all their variety of forms, the primary goal of all HMIs is to enable efficient communication between humans and machines in a clear and accessible way. The cornerstone of HMI design is portability and ease of use. The process of creating an HMI includes the development of hardware and software, as well as the creation of the necessary infrastructure. The more complex the tasks an HMI faces, the more complex its structure becomes. Sophisticated user interfaces are becoming an integral part of production equipment. Cross-platform frameworks and GUI toolkits allow developers to create intuitive user interfaces for software of any complexity. Many cross-platform frameworks, such as , , , , and Flutter, have tools that can be successfully used to develop HMIs of various levels of complexity and for various purposes. .Net GTK Xamarin JUCE Cross-platform GUI frameworks that can be used for HMI software development. Some frameworks are designed to create applications in a certain area; for example, there are specialized toolkits for automotive production. Thus, , the software framework for the automotive industry, offers you HMI design and development tools to create advanced multi-OS, multi-display user interfaces. Kanzi experts implement end-to-end solutions for the design, development, and production of automotive human-machine interfaces. Kanzi Siemens offers a wide range of products, from configuration software to SCADA systems and software for process visualization. SIMATIC WinCC offers different software options depending on the complexity of the product: Basic, Comfort, and Advanced. WinCC-Advanced is available as a runtime software package with the possibility of additional options. SIMATIC HMI Qt for HMI software development The Qt framework stands out from other solutions with its performance, versatility, and ease of use. It provides developers with solutions to help meet the growing demands of customers. In our previous article, we highlighted the benefits of the Qt framework and C++ for creating cross-platform applications for embedded systems. HMIs are closely related to embedded systems, and Qt is actively used for HMI software development. Qt benefits The advantages of Qt for HMI development The Qt framework has undeniable advantages for embedded HMI development: Both are available. To get all the legal and functional benefits of the framework for creating devices, you need a commercial license from The Qt Company. But if the project complies with the terms of LGPL v3 and LGPL v2.1, SDKs can be created as open source. A commercial license is needed if the project is large enough, has a technical novelty, and the manufacturer needs to protect his interests. In other cases, an open license is sufficient. open licenses and commercial variants Highly efficient and smooth UI development: Qt is a time-tested and one of the best toolkits for creating multi-platform UIs. The framework has a minimum number of inconveniences and imperfections in comparison with other GUI platforms. The framework has : it supports desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms. incredible cross-platform capabilities Qt allows engineers to turn designs into interactive prototypes very quickly. The design code is easily implemented into the program logic. Fast and easy prototyping: The framework owners have created a huge database of documents, including tutorials, examples, case studies, and application development guides. Almost any question can be answered quickly and comprehensively by Qt users united in the community. Few frameworks can boast such support. Detailed documentation and a large community: The Qt Company is in constant dialog with the users, improving the accessibility of the framework and making it convenient to work with. In February 2022, the company simplified and streamlined commercial licensing, making the framework even more business-friendly. Qt sets itself apart from other products in that it captures the user experience and puts it at the heart of product development, making the interaction between designers and developers and feedback loops more optimal. Feedback: Qt 3D Studio offers a system that is in demand by both software developers and graphic designers. Qt designers have the opportunity to leverage an open architecture with access to the source code. The platform contains ready-made UI libraries and allows designers to create embedded systems with 3D or 2D user interfaces. 3D UI development The Qt HMI framework supports the Java-script-based declarative language, built on top of Qt. QML enables great user experience design with rich graphical support. The language serves to define the visual GUI elements that are required to build and animate the visual interaction and the calling program. QML QML allows designers and developers to create, try, and change GUIs with simple JSON-based syntax and to transform a design into an HMI. UI elements written in QML can be integrated with logic written in both JavaScript and C++. QML helps specialists implement a project and test it on the target hardware without delay. That’s why HMI development using Qt provides significant advantages in terms of time to market. There is no barrel of honey without a fly in the ointment. When considering using Qt to create HMI applications for industrial or home automation panels, the team must consider criteria for processor performance. The user interface of the Qt library needs about 100 DMIPS (Dhrystone MIPS). The selected microprocessor must have sufficient computing power to drive a screen with good resolution characteristics and process graphics quickly. Example: Qt for automotive HMI development The automotive industry has long been heading for consolidation, which means that the automotive software industry should adjust to such changes. HMI tools need to support cross-platform capabilities and be consistent with multi-brand variant management. Qt is successfully used to create . In the automotive industry, hardware components are constantly being upgraded for more power. The development of the HMI UI should keep pace with this process. Qt simplifies the process of creating HMIs for the development team through the ease and speed of creating applications with a rich graphical interface, internationalization, and cross-platform support. automotive HMI solutions Such legendary automobile companies as , , were announced to have in-vehicle HMIs created with the help of the Qt framework. Mercedes-Benz Hyundai Citroen, DS, Opel, and Peugeot One of the areas of Qt's application is the automotive in-vehicle infotainment system. Thus, Qt is Hyundai Motor Group's HMI technology partner for all Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis vehicles. Qt has been selected to develop Hyundai's connected automotive operating system for the in-car infotainment system. The system monitors and manages key aspects of connected automotive infrastructure to ensure that vehicles can adapt to innovations in safety, comfort, and convenience. Using a single code base, Qt enables the automotive company to create complex technology solutions to meet requirements in various areas, such as in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and cluster/HUD. Qt Design Studio is claimed to be used by Hyundai Motor Group to speed up its HMI development process from prototype to deployment. The role of software in the automotive industry will only increase. By offering state-of-the-art cross-platform solutions that are scalable across multiple variants, Qt HMI development is moving into a new phase, becoming the de-facto leader in its niche. The Qt software development platform is used by companies all over the world, including well-known giants such as LG Electronics, Bosch, and Rockwell Automation. Regardless of the size of the enterprise, Qt enables companies to keep pace with the changing software market. Using Qt gives companies the ability to unify their HMI development process to greatly improve development efficiency, speed up time to market, and meet consumer expectations. Qt tools for building embedded HMI software The Qt development service offers and for UI creation. Qt Widgets have a lot of elements that indirectly depend on the platform on which the application is running. Qt Quick, in turn, is devoid of this shortcoming. Qt Quick is a library that allows you to create UIs using the QML language. QML provides a very convenient way to design UIs for touch displays. It comes out of the box with support for gestures, while Qt Widgets doesn't. Qt Quick has made it possible to quickly develop applications for mobile devices while logic can still be written using native code to achieve the highest possible performance. Qt widgets Qt Quick Qt Quick module With the , APIs for media, web, navigation, and more are available to application developers. These APIs serve to make HMI development easier and faster. The Qt SDK provides the Qt software stack and libraries for developing applications for your hardware. The Qt SDK combines Qt software components and all Qt modules, providing a smooth design process for custom embedded applications. Needed Qt modules should be chosen to create a customized Qt SDK and plug them into , a cross-platform IDE. Qt Creator automatically identifies Qt SDKs. The Qt SDK offers an easy setup with a single installation package to get started. By using the simulator, developers can get an idea of how their application will function on Qt-enabled devices. In this case, there is no need to use emulator devices. The , one of the Qt Creator tools, is used to create an interface design layout. The C++ code generated by Qt Designer is integrated into the application. Qt SDK Qt Creator Qt Designer Qt HMI development: use cases and challenges As a passionate software and hardware development company, Integra Sources uses the latest approaches and solutions that help to get the result with the least amount of time and money for the client. As we have gained enough experience to share our opinion about the capabilities of this framework, including in the field of HMI application development. a Qt development company, Using the rich features of C++ and Qt, we create intuitive UIs with a variety of graphics, widgets, and visual effects for embedded system applications, desktop, console, and mobile applications. We are engaged in creating Qt software for , including complex automation systems that support HMI. embedded systems We would like to cite our extensive work on implementing a battery management system (BMS) for a sophisticated industrial solution as an example of the Qt full-featured HMI project. Having started a major project to develop BMS firmware and embedded software to communicate with it, one of the tasks facing our team was to develop a full-screen application for a color touch panel with a 1920x1080 screen resolution to display the status of the BMS. BMS has a multi-level structure, consisting of cells (batteries) combined into modules. The modules are, in turn, assembled into strings. Screens (main screen, line screen, and module screen) are provided for each level to display related information. There are also screens for displaying system alarms, system management options (control screen), firmware versions, and system components (About screen). We also needed to delineate the rights of system users as guest, service, and super. The second task was to implement a touchscreen application for testing the finished BMS module. The application must run on a specially prepared computer. The test results must be loaded into a separate JSON file. Limit values ​​​​(e.g., maximum and minimum cell voltage, etc.) are set on the settings screen. The HMI screen of the Battery Management System By using Qt Creator and working with C++ and QML, our Qt developers have created intuitive HMI applications with customized interfaces. HMI applications were written from scratch. By using detailed documentation provided by the Qt framework, necessary components (buttons, drop boxes, input fields, checkboxes, etc.) were set up fairly easily by developers, while additional buttons and other missing components were created from scratch. The help of a large community allowed developers to solve challenges that arose during the development of applications. For example, in a long list of parameters that can be edited and saved, when scrolling, the newly entered data is reset to the old data that was stored in the C++ model. The configuration of the widget caching (ListView) enabled the solution to the problem. Like any universal tool, Qt has its weak points compared to narrowly focused native instruments. Although Qt provides flexible tools for creating animations in a few lines of code, there are certain challenges in developing a GUI in Qt. Elaborate animation that is constantly present on the screen can consume a lot of processor resources. Speaking of the Raspberry Pi, consumption can reach 100%. The HMI screen will simply overheat. The Qt animation optimization is based on the OpenGL library and does not involve optimization of shaders since not all video cards will support them. To create animations without shaders, Qt has to use many more resources. The Qt framework provides the logic of behavior and interaction, but it doesn't give you a ready-made solution for visual display. This approach has a certain complexity since it requires a lot of experience and extensive knowledge from the programmer. At the same time, Qt gives you a flexible way to choose styles and options, saving you from extensive rework within the system. In one of our projects, the implementation of the HMI part included, among other things, creating a table with a non-standard visual design and functionality. For creating tables, the Qt framework offers only the components that implement functionality at the simplest level - just an array of text with a standard font, a set of columns, and rows of a fixed size without alignment. For non-standard designs, you must manually fill in the elements of the table. The client's wish was to implement more sophisticated functionality than the base Qt implementation for greater clarity and ease of use of the table. To build a table with the given parameters, we have implemented useful classes: You can use controller classes that allow you to display a table in the desired form. A controller class was implemented to build a table in its style. The Qt component can use this model to get table commands and configuration. data filtering with the ability to sort in real-time column and row parameters, as well as their participation in table sorting and searching; The controller classes allow the table to adapt to the HMI screen. Qt's great advantage is that it allows you to write user-friendly code that can be applied anywhere. The table as a ready-made component is easily scalable and can be used for other projects with minor modifications. Conclusion Human-machine interfaces now range from basic panels for a visual representation of the state of the control system to complex environments with multimedia and networking capabilities. HMI is increasingly being applied in consumer and industrial applications. Ease of use, efficiency, and a wide range of connectivity options are the driving forces behind the massive change in HMI these days. As embedded devices become smaller, designers have to solve complicated tasks. It is necessary to include many useful functions in a miniature product to ensure efficient operation. The time to market for devices is also being shortened to ensure their competitiveness and business profitability. Various GUI toolkits can help create HMI software with some success and comfort for designers. Long and successful experience in using Qt enables Integra Sources to consider this framework to be the most convenient set of tools for HMI software development. 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Design is inspiring. However, the industry is changing incredibly fast and it is sometimes difficult to keep up with all the trends. We have prepared a digest of the best recent cases, fresh news, tips, and funny memes on design to make your day a bit brighter. Enjoy ;) 🦄 Product Design Articles — tips on how to compile a guide for in-depth interviews from the Nielsen/Norman Group. Writing an Effective Guide for a UX Interview — a guide to conduct a design review and discuss the industry in a more “ecological” way. Design review means asking questions — another good article from Nielsen/Norman Group on what makes design aesthetic, namely: consistent typography, clear hierarchy, good color scheme and grid. Why Does a Design Look Good? — an annual review of design trends from behaviorist experts. Behavioral Design 2021 — some reflections on what a modern web designer can learn by analyzing the legacy of graphic design. 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Liquid Crystal : an attractive website with nice fonts and minimal animation. TheRoom : there is something interesting in horizontal scroll, right? :) Bonjour Paris : fonts have never been presented so elegantly before. VJ Type Typefaces — a great work with 3D and animation on the website. Helsedirektoratet — a website-portfolio of the Berlin-based studio in the form of a desktop. You can interact with different elements on the page. MAD from UX Planet. Just a lot of inspiration 👁️ Graphic design Articles and case studies Last month, McDonald’s . Later, Packaging in Europe discussed with the creators, the Pearlfisher agency, . updated its global packaging design with a focus on illustration what exactly stood behind these changes Booking.com designers revealed the details of creating illustrations in products for travelers. The Dieline tells how Pizza Hut expands its consumer experience with the Pacman AR game and pizza packaging. - Creative Review what exactly has changed in logo design over the decade. Another season of logo redesign: automakers ta , jewelry manufacturer and even the venture fund . Renault Peugeot Swarovski Andreessen Horowitz - An article about design trends and what's wrong with them from It's Nice That. Is graphic design too trendy? - a variable font that represents irreversible climate change and, according to the author's description, is based on real data of glaciers in the Arctic seas. The Climate Crisis Font Works — a system of visual brand identification based on the definition of sepia by all possible methods. Concise and complicated. Pasta Sepia . Identity, custom typography, illustrations, and stationery in a minimalistic and elegant style for a restaurant in central Paris from Violaine & Jeremy. Mun Champs Elysées : bright geometric brand identity for the German digital insurance company MORPHORIA. Nexible : brand identity for a geomarketing startup based on thermal maps and interface visualization from Polar, Ltda. Mapfry Visual identity of Sendlane from Balkan Brothers. 🚀 Products and tools Figma Improved prototyping capabilities. . A brief overview of the beta features of Figma Interactive Components. Designing micro-interactions with Figma interactive components , individual accounts will remain free of charge as before. Subscription terms have changed for team work Adobe - now featuring personalized recommendations for project editing from an "artificial intelligence" Adobe Sensei. The new mobile application Creative Cloud Updated work with . cloud documents Plugins, addons — a plugin that adds a 3D effect to vector objects. Fig3D — Figma project with ready-made objects in the style of glass morphism. Glass-Morphism in Figma Other — if you don’t want to search for photos of avatars on Unsplash, you can find them here :) FREE AVATAR LIBRARY FOR FIGMA AND SKETCH — an application that predicts (or at least tries predicting) the popularity of shots on Dribbble. Draftshot — an online platform for creating design and collaborative work. Creatopy — no-code online platform that allows people to create their own mobile applications, providing fast iterations. FlutterFlow — visual website designer from Designmodo. Siter.io — a tool for creating recursive images. Droste Creator — an application for saving workspaces in Mac OS. Freezeframe — pattern generator of geometric shapes. You can change colors, quantity, size. Tabbied 🤔 All at once What to read The Awesomic team has created the . first design community in Ukraine Forbes on the NFT phenomenon and whether you should become an owner. on what skills future leaders need. Adobe research — FastCompany about innovations in design. From blind optimism to sober responsibility: How design has changed since the first Innovation by Design Awards — a new book from A Book Apart. Sustainable Web Design from Helvetica/Objectified/Urbanized movies. Full interview - Google has posted a course for UX designers on Coursera that costs $39 per month after the trial period. Duration - 6 months. There are also courses for and . Google UX Design Professional Certificate Project Managers Data Analytics Lockdown is a good time to make a new home workplace setup. Inspiration can be found . here What to listen — podcast, authored by Rob Johnston, a designer and photographer from New York who seeks to bridge the gap between entry-level creative professionals and the best in the industry. Meet the Creatives Memes Hope you enjoyed it 🤗 Stay tuned for more!

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The main indicators of car competitiveness are price, quality, technical specifications, design, operating costs, and safety. In order to increase the competitiveness of automobiles, it is necessary to improve product development methods, introduce new design technologies, use computer capabilities, and mathematical modeling in all aspects of experimental design work. But the central aspect is to follow the latest . Important tools, such as AR and VR, are already widely used in the automotive industry. technology trends VR & AR in Auto Production VR development services are widely used by large companies such as Peugeot, Citroen, Land-Rover, Jaguar, Boeing, etc. The use of virtual reality-based solutions can further improve the efficiency of product development. It provides an opportunity to instantly evaluate the results of designers work when the real product is presented in the form of a digital model. Let’s consider the main advantages of using VR/AR in the automotive industry: Virtual reality systems allow you to use a virtual prototype instead of a full-scale model. The design of the car is developed in parts. If there are flaws in the model assembly, then using virtual reality technology, you can quickly fix design flaws. VR allows replacing real tests with computer ones. By removing crash tests, companies will reduce the time and cost of creating a new model. The use of services of AR/VR development companies can dramatically improve the design quality, significantly reduce development time, and the cost of the design process. The use of Augmented reality technology at the stage of car maintenance and repair will allow service stations to work more efficiently. To take advantage of additional reality, you need a tablet or VR glasses. By pointing the device’s camera at the car, it is possible to integrate the necessary additional information into the existing image. This approach will significantly reduce the preparation time for work and simplify the maintenance process. BMW’s Mixed Reality Laboratory BMW has been working with VR technology for a long time. The company has created a mixed reality lab combining Unreal Engine with real physical equipment. It delivers experience with a much greater degree of immersion compared to virtual reality alone. consists of a simulated car interior with a steering wheel, pedals, and adjustable seats, as well as a VR system running on . The Mixed Reality test bench Unreal Engine 4 With the possibilities that virtual reality developments provide, BMW engineers can improve the aesthetic characteristics of the car’s interior, as well as focus on the design of the interface, usability and other tasks related to the human factor. The solutions to these problems would have been impossible within the framework of traditional two-dimensional design on the monitor screen. For example, the designer wants to check how convenient it is to control the car’s infotainment system when the steering wheel is completely locked or, for example, when the seat is folded back. A poorly designed user interface can significantly affect such important parameters as safety, accessibility, and comfort. In the BMW Mixed Reality Laboratory, tasks like this, as well as many others, can be modeled both visually and physically. High-Tech Motorcycle Helmet F-35 fighter pilots have been using helmets with augmented reality for a long time, which allows them to follow the readings of instruments and weapons systems without looking at the dashboard. As a result of the collaboration of BMW and DigiLens, this technology is also available for motorcyclists. The company believes that expanding the AR development to motorcycles is quite natural. This technology can enhance both security and ease of management. Using alternative technologies, the driver needs to take his eyes off the carriageway and lower it onto a small screen where various information is displayed. The two dead zones in the review are the cause of most accidents. But, with augmented reality technology and a number of sensors installed on the motorcycle, you can display warnings about the proximity of other road users to the helmet screen, thereby preventing the number of accidents. A display for motorcycle helmets allows drivers to monitor the level of fuel and speed, without taking their eyes off the road. The helmet is also equipped with cameras, which allows you to use it as a recorder. Using magnetic fasteners, the display is fixed inside the helmet in front of the driver’s eyes. Repairing Glasses , playing the role of an interactive assistant. Looking at any BMW car model with such glasses, the mechanic sees a structure with the main components and assemblies without a body shell. Prompts appear on the screen which tool to use and how to get to the problem unit. BMW has equipped its technicians with augmented reality glasses BMW augmented reality technology is available not only to the mechanic but also to the driver. So, during normal road traffic, glasses can tell you how to behave in various traffic situations, go around a traffic jam, or warn about an accident ahead. The developers also intend to integrate the glasses with the infotainment system of the car and with a smartphone. And when parking, due to information exchange with a rear-view video camera, the driver wearing these glasses will literally feel that he has eyes on the back of his head.

Automotive Industry Revolution: How BMW Leverages AR & VR in Car Production

1. Introduction is an open source low-code/no-code application platform for faster, simpler digital transformation. In this article, we will look at using a no-code approach to integrating , specifically a network, into a full-fledged web application. Joget blockchain technology Hyperledger Fabric 1.1 Blockchain and Digital Ledger Technology (DLT) In recent times there have been many predictions on , transforming everything from banking to supply chains and even government. Even if you are not familiar with the term, you would probably have heard of the rise of cryptocurrency like which utilizes blockchain technology. So what exactly is a blockchain? blockchain technology revolutionizing the world Bitcoin To start, it’s best to understand a broader term called . DLT is simply a decentralized database, where data is stored by a network of computers with no central authority. is a specific type of DLT, where records in the network are linked using cryptography and cannot be changed. This lends itself to solving problems where there are issues with trust and inefficiencies due to centralized authorities. digital ledger technology (DLT) Blockchain There are many blockchain implementations, which are broadly categorized as either . Permissionless blockchain networks are essentially public so anyone can participate, while permissioned ones are for restricted private use. Permissionless networks work well for public areas such as cryptocurrencies, but in an enterprise environment and in many industries, private networks are essential. permissionless or permissioned Enterprise blockchain networks might typically span across multiple organizations across an entire industry. With the need for permissioned private networks and participation by multiple organizations, how would a blockchain solution gain enough adoption to succeed? This is where Hyperledger comes in. 1.2 Hyperledger and Hyperledger Fabric is a not a company, nor a specific product, but rather an umbrella of blockchain projects for enterprise use cases. Hosted by the with more than 250 participating organizations, the projects are divided into frameworks and tools. Frameworks are different implementations of blockchain technology, each of which has different strengths for different use cases. Tools, on the other hand, are utilities to help manage or complement the frameworks. Hyperledger open source Linux Foundation The most popular and mature framework currently is . Originally contributed by IBM, Fabric is emerging as the de-facto standard for enterprise blockchain platforms, with commercial implementations and support from major vendors including IBM, Oracle and SAP. Hyperledger Fabric 1.3 Hyperledger Fabric Concepts If you are new to blockchain technology, there are quite of lot concepts to learn and understand. For the purpose of this sample app, here are some of the more important terms that are used to configure the blockchain integration. is a journal of all transactions and data that are stored in a distributed network. Blockchain ledger are the network components where copies of the blockchain ledger are hosted. Peer nodes are organizations that are part of the blockchain network Members issues certificates to identify users that belong to an organization. Certificate Authority (CA) maps certificates to member organizations. Membership Services Provider (MSP) are requests to read or write data into the ledger Transactions are nodes that orders transactions into a block to be written into the ledger Ordering service are private communication mechanisms to keep confidentiality between members in the network. Channels (called chaincode in Fabric) are code within the blockchain network that are invoked to query or update the ledger Smart contracts The diagram provided by the Hyperledger Fabric project below shows how an application integrates with a blockchain network via smart contracts: More details are available in the . Hyperledger Fabric documentation 2. Overview of the App To demonstrate the incorporation of blockchain technology in an app, let’s design a Joget app that makes use of the provided by Hyperledger Fabric. The Fabcar sample is basically a minimal stripped-down Fabric network for learning purposes. sample Fabcar network To demonstrate reading from and writing to the blockchain network, the app supports the following use cases: Query and list of all records from the blockchain network Query and view a specific record from the blockchain network Write a new record into the blockchain network after an approval process With Joget, the blockchain app can be developed without coding. A form is visually designed, after which the App Generator is used to quickly create a full working app. The integration to the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain network is then accomplished by simply configuring a set of Joget Hyperledger Fabric plugins. To install and try out the final working app: Ensure that a Hyperledger Fabric sample Fabcar network is up and running. Ensure that an instance of is up and running. Joget Enterprise Edition Download the , and upload the downloaded jar file through under System Settings. Hyperledger Fabric Plugins JAR file Manage Plugins Download the and it. Joget jwa app import Configure the to point to the appropriate IP/hostname. fabric_host environment variable the app and access it from the . Publish App Center Here are some screenshots of the app in action: Welcome: Home page Fabcar Listing: List of all records from the blockchain network Fabcar Form: View specific record from the blockchain network Approval Process: Approve a creation of a new record The next few sections provide more detailed information to setup the sample Hyperledger Fabric network, as well as to develop and configure the app. 3. Install and Setup a Hyperledger Fabric Network To begin, install Hyperledger Fabric v1.3 and the Fabcar Network Sample. The summarized installation steps below were tested on Ubuntu 18.04. 3.1 Install Prerequisites ( ) https://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/release-1.3/prereqs.html Install cURL: sudo apt install -y curl Install Docker and Docker Compose (logout and login after the usermod command): sudo apt install -y docker.iosudo apt install -y docker-composesudo usermod -aG docker $USER# logout and login after the usermod command Install Go: sudo apt install -y golang Install NodeJS: sudo apt install -y nodejssudo apt install -y npm 3.2 Install Hyperledger Fabric Samples, Binaries and Docker Images ( ) https://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/release-1.3/install.html curl -sSL | bash -s 1.3.0 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hyperledger/fabric/release-1.3/scripts/bootstrap.sh 3.3 Setup Sample Fabcar Network ( ) https://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/release-1.3/write_first_app.html cd fabric-samples/fabcarnpm install./startFabric.shnode enrollAdmin.jsnode registerUser.jsnode query.js Upon successful installation and execution of the last command, you should receive the query response from the blockchain network i.e. Query has completed, checking results Response is [{“Key”:”CAR0", “Record”:{“colour”:”blue”,”make”:”Toyota”,”model”:”Prius”,”owner”:”Tomoko”}},{“Key”:”CAR1", “Record”:{“colour”:”red”,”make”:”Ford”,”model”:”Mustang”,”owner”:”Brad”}},{“Key”:”CAR2", “Record”:{“colour”:”green”,”make”:”Hyundai”,”model”:”Tucson”,”owner”:”Jin Soo”}},{“Key”:”CAR3", “Record”:{“colour”:”yellow”,”make”:”Volkswagen”,”model”:”Passat”,”owner”:”Max”}},{“Key”:”CAR4", “Record”:{“colour”:”black”,”make”:”Tesla”,”model”:”S”,”owner”:”Adriana”}},{“Key”:”CAR5", “Record”:{“colour”:”purple”,”make”:”Peugeot”,”model”:”205",”owner”:”Michel”}},{“Key”:”CAR6", “Record”:{“colour”:”white”,”make”:”Chery”,”model”:”S22L”,”owner”:”Aarav”}},{“Key”:”CAR7", “Record”:{“colour”:”violet”,”make”:”Fiat”,”model”:”Punto”,”owner”:”Pari”}},{“Key”:”CAR8", “Record”:{“colour”:”indigo”,”make”:”Tata”,”model”:”Nano”,”owner”:”Valeria”}},{“Key”:”CAR9", “Record”:{“colour”:”brown”,”make”:”Holden”,”model”:”Barina”,”owner”:”Shotaro”}}] 4. Design Joget App Now that you have gotten the Fabcar network up and running, let’s start designing the Joget app that will query and update the records in the blockchain ledger. The Joget platform provides a modular to extend functionality. In this case, we will be using a set of Hyperledger Fabric plugins with . dynamic plugin architecture Joget Enterprise Edition 4.1 Design New App The first step is to . In the Joget , login as an administrator and click on the button. Key in the relevant details e.g. design a new Joget app App Center Design New App App ID: fabcar App Name: Hyperledger Fabric Fabcar Sample 4.2 Design Fabcar Form Using the Joget , design a form with fields matching the properties in a Fabcar record. Form Builder In this case create text fields with IDs that match a Fabcar record Key make model colour owner Click on the button to save the form. Save 4.3 Use App Generator to Create App Once the form has been saved, click on the button to use the . Check the options for , then . Generate App App Generator Generate Datalist, Generate CRUD and Generate Process — Approval Process Generate : The App Generator is a Joget Enterprise Edition feature, but you can manually create the list, process and UI in the Community Edition as well. NOTE 5. Configure Joget Hyperledger Fabric Plugins At this point, a full app to manage records, along with an approval process to create a new record has been created. These records are in the internal Joget database though, so now we will start configuring Hyperledger Fabric Plugins to directly integrate with the blockchain network. 5.1 Upload Joget Hyperledger Fabric Plugins Download the Hyperledger Fabric Plugins JAR file, and upload the downloaded jar file through under System Settings. Manage Plugins 5.2 Configure List to Query Hyperledger Fabric Ledger In the app, enable the so that you can view the editable elements. Browse to the Fabcar Listing and click on the quick edit link for the List to open the . Quick Edit Mode Datalist Builder Switch to the tab, select the then click on . In the plugin configuration, key in the relevant details. Source Hyperledger Fabric Datalist Binder Next The values shown here are suitable for the default Fabcar sample network, but change the to the correct hostname or IP in your environment: fabric_host If the configuration is correct, the tab will display the appropriate Fabcar columns to be used in the datalist. Add the columns to be displayed as required, then . Design Save 5.3 Configure Form to View Hyperledger Fabric Ledger Record In the Fabcar Listing and click on on a record. Click on the Fabcar Form quick edit link to open the Form Builder. View Switch to the tab, select the as the Load Binder then click on . Properties Hyperledger Fabric Form Binder Next In the plugin configuration, key in the relevant details. The Hyperledger Fabric User and Channel values are similar to the configuration used for the datalist binder earlier. Note: #requestParam.id# is a to represent the parameter in the URL. request parameter hash variable id Click on . Save 5.4 Configure Process to Update Hyperledger Fabric Ledger In the Design App > Processes screen, click on to launch the . Design Process Process Builder In the transition where the status is “ ”, add a Tool called . Approved Invoke Fabric Transaction In the page, select the for that Tool. In the plugin configuration, key in the relevant details. The Hyperledger Fabric User and Channel values are similar to the configuration used for the datalist binder earlier. Map Tools to Plugins Hyperledger Fabric Tool Note: #form.fabcar.field# is a that represents the form field value. form hash variable 6. What’s Next This example serves to demonstrate the simplicity of building a blockchain app using the Joget platform without coding. Download the , and get started with Hyperledger Fabric and Joget. app and plugin for this sample To get started on the digital transformation journey with Joget: or Download Joget Workflow Sign Up for Joget Cloud Learn more in the Knowledge Base Join the community in the Community Q&A Enquire about the Joget Workflow Enterprise Edition

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There are 23 parallax scrolling websites examples with amazing parallax effects. A free & cool place to get inspiration for UI/UX designers. Want to design a website that looks cool, creative and impressive? There are plenty of effects and features you can add to your site, and one of them is the scrolling parallax effect. Parallax scrolling websites can make your site stand out from the crowd. If you are hungry for design inspiration, keep reading. I’ve picked 23 best examples of websites with parallax scrolling in 2018. parallax scrolling website 1. Femme Fatale is a creative studio focusing on culture, luxury, editorial, and art. The website contains animated interactive pages provoking emotion from the public. When scrolling down, the background and text changes using the parallax effect. Femme Fatale . Visit site 2. Every Last Drop teaches you how much water you consume every day. The designer split the progress bar with equal proportions. When scrolling down, you’ll encounter different scenes in your daily life with a style of animated parallax effects. The page “Universe” also has the 3D parallax effect. Every Last Drop Visit site. 3. Beer Camp The whole site includes 5 layers with a totally different parallax scrolling effect. It’s not horizontal or vertical, it’s a specialized smoothing and zooming effect. When you scroll, each layer magnifies to the screen without a cut; this, together with the bright color and bold typography, creates an amazing sense of space. Visit site. 4. Porsche Volution Porschevolution shows a passion for cars while focusing exclusively on the Porsche brand. The whole experience is built on decade — appropriate music and parallax scrolling photos showing the evolution of Porsche. There is a timeline on the left of the screen; you’ll see the luxury car models of each year transform as you scroll. Visit site. 5. Spokes offers an immediate solution to parking and public transportation, which is not only green and affordable but a fun and unique service to the bike-friendly, community-centric culture of Oak Cliff. The site has a cartoon style and amazing parallax effects. The top-bar navigation works seamlessly with UI background elements. Spokes Eclectic Pedicab Rides Visit site. 6. Hot Dot is totally different from the above examples — it shows a use of . When you scroll, the pages move from left to right with a smooth 3D parallax effect+ that totally works with a pure black background. This site is also a good example of responsive mobile-first design. There are clickable CTA at the bottom of the screen. Hot Dot horizontal scroll Visit site. 7. Hobolobo This one is also a little different for its horizontal parallax effect. It works well with touch devices. When sliding the touchpad, the page moves from left to right to tell you an amazing story. There is a page list at the top-bar of the screen which slides together with the pages to show where you are. This site is totally cartooned and has an excellent 3D parallax effect. Visit site. 8. Firewatch features a mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio. The site has 6 moving layers to create a sense of depth. The parallax effect is only adopted on the first screen. Firewatch Visit site. 9. Nizo App This is absolutely one of my favourites. When you scroll, all the UI elements gather together towards the centre of the page with a rhythm. When you scroll back, all the elements split from the centre until you get to the end, where they remain intact. The whole style is clean and simple with pure colors and . bold typography Visit site. 10. Peugeot shows you an amazing story when you scroll down. With using parallax scrolling, the comic plays automatically. This story is well-played with a mix of horizontal and horizontal parallax effects. Peugeot Visit site. 11. Bunkai is a Japanese site. When scrolling down, there is a cute cartoon girl moving across the page showing different information. The parallax effect ends at the last screen, so you can read all the information undisturbed. Bunkai Visit site. 12. Melanie Daveid In you can experience a wonderful, rich digital world. It’s a mix of amazing aesthetics, subtle details, and brand design. The page was cut into 2 parts, with a stationary left panel and right scroll. In the words of the designer, “Artworks and illustrations were my gateways to the creative industry.” Melanie Daveid, Visit site. 13. The Boat What amazing storytelling. There are 6 chapters in total and the parallax slide demonstrates of the page adopted various moving parallax layers to create a sense of depth. The right navigation bar represents the six chapters of the story. As you navigate through each chapter, the parallax effect contributes to the look and feel of reading through a book. Combined with background animation, it creates a sense of depth and life. We just like this style of graphic design. Visit site. 14. Dave Gamache It’s a parallax website demo with pure UI background. When you scroll down. You can see the elements fade in and out. What’s more, there is a mobile which can rotate while you scroll. Visit site. 15. Assemble Assemble is a free online portfolio website where you can make awesome portfolio projects. It’s really wise to used cards in a grid structure of the 18 beautiful homepages, which will display a light bounce of interaction when you scroll down. The grid structure showcases 18 beautiful homepages, while the parallax effect provides a light bounce of interaction as you scroll. The whole interface is elegant, clean, and eye-catching. Visit site. 16. Walking Dead This site is like a horrible mini-zombie drama. Just scroll down to see a dead person walking across different scenes. The entire story can auto-display with a horizontal parallax scrolling effect. The animation is really great and the background music creates a really creepy mood. Visit site. 17. Seymour Powel is a multidisciplinary group of design researchers, strategists, brand experts, product, UX, UI designers, and makers. Different layers add depth with a smoothing parallax effect. Each screen contains an image that works with the background color and image. Seymour Powel Visit site. 18. Youandigraphics It will totally bring your design ideas to life. Irene DemetriI holds a passion for creating beautiful, intuitive responsive websites for projects both large and small that work on any type and size of a device. But the parallax effect is not that obvious when clicking a button only happens on items moving as opposed. Click “View Live Website” to see a pronounced parallax effect that wors well with the static top navigation bar. As you scroll, different elements interact to form an interactive experience. Click “View Project” on the main page to see the website components. Visit site. 19. Bagigia How about casually carrying a hot-water bottle under your arm in winter? This is the inspiration for a designer. As you scroll, the parallax effect rotates the bag to highlight it’s different features. There is also a “zipper” at the bottom of the screen that moves from left to right as you scroll. The item is well-displayed and totally appealing. Visit site. 20. Anton & Irene I totally love the color schemes of this site, as well as the warm and clean interface. Anton and Irene look cool wearing colorful, modern clothes. When scrolling down, they just step back to make way for the information you need. The bold typography and bold color scheme create a wonderful visual experience. The site also has a cool easter egg on the first page; just linger your mouse on Anton & Irene to see changes to their posture and face. Visit site. 21. Putzengel There are 6 layers display in a row as you scroll down. Each page has a unique scene of cleaning in daily-life. Each page has a different color scheme with a retro, pop art style. Visit site. 22. Beckett The site is the place you should go for creative design, with parallax scrolling used throughout to add depth to the illustrations. A word of caution- this site is a little too cluttered with so many elements on each layer. Visit site. 23. Lost Worlds Fairs This site has a very subtle but effective parallax effect, with a man moving through a tube as he travels under the sea. It’s really interesting to see the man experiencing all the scenes until he finally arrives at his destination to Atlantis found at the bottom of the ocean. Visit site. Above are the 23 best examples of parallax scrolling websites in my opinion. I hope you like them and are inspired to create your own. If you are keen to try out the parallax scrolling effect, I suggest you start with a parallax scrolling prototyping, which is much simpler and easier. You may need a prototyping tool like — to make a fresh start. The components and interaction are so wonderful and effortless to use; what’s more, it supports previewing the web page without installing any additional software. Mockplus

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How the best product teams exploit homo sapiens’ defining trait By | Winston Christie-Blick product manager at productboard The best product managers are masterful illusionists. And to work their magic, they exploit a trait that is unique to humans — or to be more precise, to homo sapiens. After all, it is this trait that gave us an edge over our brawnier, heartier neanderthal brethren and explains why we sapiens have imposed ourselves at the top of the food chain wherever we’ve settled on Earth, even amidst predatory saber tooth tigers, imposing mammoths and mastodons. , to imagine entities that don’t physically exist, perceive them as though they were real, and to do so . That trait is the ability to mythologize collectively Such is the claim made by Yuval Noah Harari in his bestselling , which no human with the least bit of curiosity should delay reading (as I did for too long). Hidden within is a valuable learning for every digital product team. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind It‘s uncanny we ever survived this. Just imagine As Harari explains, for sapiens, the ability to cherish the same myths has made all the difference. While we’re relatively feeble compared to the many species we’ve come to dominate over the past 70,000 years, our ability to has opened the opportunity for collaboration with others beyond our immediate bloodline or social circle — something no other collaborative species like neanderthals, chimpanzees, or bees are able to do. collectively imagine It’s this trait that means two unrelated sapiens with the same core beliefs could find themselves hundreds of miles from home outsmarting a clan of neanderthals, collaboratively hunting an animal the size of a city bus, or fighting side by side in a crusade. It allows the formulation of helpful universal concepts like laws, social taboos, human rights, and pride in the local sports team that permit the remarkably peaceful coexistence of millions of sapiens in the world’s cities. And it has allowed whole subgenres of helpful fictions to emerge, such as that of the or corporate entities like Peugeot, , and Slack that we’d all agree “exist” even if their founders vanished, all their original employees replaced, or headquarters burned down. limited liability company, Facebook “Ever since the Cognitive Revolution, sapiens have been living in a dual reality. On the one hand, the objective reality of rivers, trees and lions; and on the other hand, the imagined reality of gods, nations, and corporations. As time went by, the imagined reality became ever more powerful, so that today the very survival of rivers, trees and lions depends on the grace of imagined entities such as the United States and Google.” Exploiting the illusion So what does collective imagination have to do with product ? management Consider the typical web application: tens of thousands of divs, objects, functions, parameters, API endpoints, UI elements, and database records — all interwoven to form the impression of a single working product. There’s nothing easy about this. In fact, even the world’s most famed applications can seem held together by scotch tape. Teams of engineers at Google to understand why certain unexpected search results are turning up, and even then, due to the enormous complexity of the search engine (far beyond the understanding of any one person), they may make the most subtle, indirect tweaks, using trial and error until the results improve. study their own algorithms Over at Adobe, 15,000 employees support some of the most popular digital products of all time, but even applications as ubiquitous as Photoshop and Lightroom have their challenges with . A glance through the community forums shows many issues go unresolved for weeks, months, or years. bugs and unexpected behavior And then there are products like ClassPass that appear to cleverly automate some aspect of users’ lives, booking fitness classes, delivering restaurant recommendations, or ordering groceries, but in the lean fake-it-til-you-make-it spirit ! All actions were performed manually by humans behind the scenes and only taken over by algorithms in time. started out as complete hacks Users are all too happy to be buffered from the complexity behind the products they use. In fact, part of the frustration of discovering a bug, landing on a poorly phrased error message, or uncovering a usability issue isn’t just being unable to carry out the task at hand. It’s the discomfort of being reminded that the whole app is an illusion, that we’re surrounded by complexity we’d prefer not to have to grapple with. Life is complicated enough as is. : On exhibition at the San Francisco de Young until August 12, 2018 Cult of the Machine Seeing the forest for the trees Fortunately, sapiens are a forgiving lot. Our penchant for mythologizing — in the abstract sense that Harari describes — allows us to look straight through all the moving parts and interpret the app as a working whole. But ultimately, this is just an illusion. And every imperfection detracts from it. It’s the product team’s job to do everything in its power to preserve users’ holistic interpretation of their product: Does the product end-to-end? (Or does it feel like a collection of “specials” custom-built for different types of customers, slapped together into a single bloated product?) solve the needs of a given user segment Is the interface as navigable as the floorplan of your childhood home? (Or are users where to find certain features you’ve unintentionally hidden from them?) burdened with remembering Is the user experience unified? (Or are different styles and UI patterns used for similar entities and interactions across the application?) Is there a used throughout the application? (Or do users feel like they’re interacting with a handful of copywriters as they use your product day in and day out?) consistent voice & tone Is the product high quality? Stable? Reliable? Performant? (Or have corners been cut in the name of shipping features faster?) As a whole, ? (Or are users emotionally indifferent to it?) does the app make users feel a certain way As all these threads are woven together, disparate lines of code become a cohesive whole. Users begin to think of your product fondly as they would a favorite work of art, a home away from home, or a trusty friend. The product becomes far greater than the sum of its parts. Developing excellent products has never felt so… human is building the solution of product teams’ dreams at Winston productboard 🚀

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In the light of my previous article that sparked controversy, , I wanted to enumerate the different options one has in order to achieve the most rewarding thing you can do on GitHub: ! This way, everyone would stand the same chances for glory and accomplishment (depending on how far you are willing to go). A Dive into FreeCodeCamp Stargazers accumulate a boatload of stars One of the common misconceptions people usually make is that the project needs to be well-written, tested, performant, and every other positive technical adjective you could think of. While I wouldn’t dare say it does not matter, what I want to convey is that these rules can be bent or left ignored. Here is a sneak peak of how much you could potentially get after reading this tutorial, I counted them and there is approximately two hundred and ninety-one thousands! Michael Ver SPRILL, National Geographic Social While this one was a bit obvious, some basic advices won’t hurt the common neophyte. First, you need do it on the right platform. Having a huge GitHub persona with tons of followers starring your repository won’t usually have a significant impact. The reason for this is that it will only be displayed on the activity front page which can get quite clustered depending on the number of people you follow, how much activity they do, and even the projects you are watching/contributing to. You will get some out of this, and in case other characters with big user bases follow, it might highlight and create some hype around it; but don’t expect this to happen often. The platform of choice in my opinion is Twitter, because people tend to read a bit more their timeline, and you can promote it a bit better: add a fancy gif, some description text, you got the idea. Retweets can easily make it blow up if you manage to get it in high followers accounts circles. HackerNews is also an option, but it’s more generally used for articles, it might be interesting to use in concordance with Twitter; or you can go all the way and write a post on Medium, put it on HackerNews, and tweet it. Timing is also an important factor: although it might be obvious, don’t publish your new coolest JavaScript animation library the same day another is released and trending, you will stay in its shadow. Also try not to do it on Mondays, since people are catching up work and they probably won’t have time to wander like they can in mid-end of week. Having a friend or colleague with a big amount of Twitter followers is of course the easy route, but it’s unfortunately a luxury not everyone has. A sheep might have be a better choice here, but It’s good enough. ‘Fun” Aaah, after a stressful day of work, fixing border-radiuses and changing the background hex on a button, who wouldn’t have a nice laugh? People are always willing to give a star to something they cracked up to, so why not exploit that? It’s always nice if you can do this on a website that looks work-related instead of 9gag or Reddit. Here are a few examples you can inspire yourself off of. : people hate for ASI projectified in a new language — 114 ⭐️ semicolon : 0 bytes library, also available as a minified version (related to vanilla.js, not sure which came first) — 985 ⭐️ vapor.js Mikeal : accepts any non-malicious PR — 1389 ⭐️ illacceptanything : Allows you to check if a number is equal to 13 — 1857 ⭐️ is-thirteen : Programming language based on the one-liners of Arnold Schwarzenegger ( & others in the same vein) — 5140 ⭐️ ArnoldC brototype : Inspired by a , reimplementation of the scripts mentioned in multiple languages — 30330 ⭐️ hackerscripts true Russian story This last one is a bit special given it being a follow-up of a very popular , but gives you an idea of what can be done if you combine both social and fun, you can see it as stars multipliers. blogpost News/Political If you are able to make something related to recent news (add another bonus if it is political), you’re up to get some. A relatively recent topic that worked quite well was the Volkswagen case, where they cheated CO2 emission tests. (1615 ⭐️) and the node equivalent (6048 ⭐️) are the two main examples of these, making unit tests pass on CI even if they don’t. Weirdly enough, I didn’t see any project called , or even ... Is that because VW had the courage to admit its mistakes when the others did not? Thinking it was the only car manufacturer cheating on these tests seems a bit naive, but I hope I can be proven wrong. phpunit-vw volkswagen Chrysler General Motors Peugeot And of course since last year and America presidential election turnaround we saw a surge of these kind of projects, the most famous being: : Gif creation app (1350 ⭐️) Is-Now-Illegal : Trading bot hooked to Trump twitter account (4086 ⭐️) trump2cash : Python ArnoldC copycat (5687 ⭐️) TrumpScript I have to signal that the latter does acknowledge the overdose of the joke, and redirects to more meaningful initiatives, props to that. Maybe we won’t see these as often this year. Growth Hacking Now we’re getting in the core of the subject and potentially the way you can get the most out of. As freeCodeCamp has already been covered in the other article, I won’t expand on it anymore, but ordered by star count in descending order should be self-explanatory. this GitHub search More recently, another project is getting some traction, , showing some stats about your GitHub activity, pretty cool. It does however require you to star the repository as a way to prevent people from accessing profiles of big users of the platform, arguing that it would consume the rate-limit of the API too quickly. My only remark is that in case a heavy GitHub user actually wants to use it, this will deplete the app ability to do queries. Why not have some conditionals checking on the user total count of repositories / commits / stars to prevent the fetch of these results and|or limit the data to a certain amount of paginated entities for each user? github-profile-summary To resume, you need to make it a bit subtle, and if you have a reason to justify it, the better. If you have no morality at all, you could totally setup some GitHub OAuth login and automatically make your users star a given a repository (make sure to put a little disclaimer at login time so you don’t violate the ToS). Please keep in mind that I’m not endorsing any use of such code, but merely putting in light something I’m sure people might have used in the past, or even right now. Conclusion If you get a project that is politically oriented from recent news, fighting for a good cause, fun at the same time, setup a little website requiring to star and you are able to make it blow up on social media.. We won’t be talking about a few thousands stars anymore, but the whole Milky Way that is up to your grasp. I could potentially plug one about Net Neutrality and Ajit Pai fidget spinners here, it should be a fairly easy task to check all the boxes with such a subject since it’s something everyone cares about lately. I’ll let someone else do it, and will instead remind you of something a little more dramatic which is currently happening far away from the USA territory (which does not threaten your network traffic getting throttled): Libya instability and recent slave trade reports. Here is a link to donation page, it won’t be stars on a GitHub repo, but in other’s people hearts. Save the Children Foundation

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