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Search for Buried Treasure With This DIY Magnetometer

Cars That Think

In the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey , an oddness in the moon’s magnetic field leads scientists to an alien monolith buried under Tycho crater. This magnetic-field sensor is surprisingly simple, so I headed to the garage to see whether I could build this type of magnetometer just with stuff I had on hand.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

CalCars supports conversion programs as a strategy to increase awareness and support for PHEVs and thereby motivate automakers to build production PHEVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Conversions are limited to certain vehicle types.

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