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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

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Just about every device you own is probably available with Internet connectivity. But if you want it, it's there—as long as you're able to afford it, of course. It's also possible to build your own MHD device for cheap , if you know what you're doing. Whether or not every device you own actually.

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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

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That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. We believe that spaceflight should be available to anyone who's willing to put in the time and effort. Even more important, it came back down in one piece. We're now building the.

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DIY Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy with a Raspberry Pi Pico

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So when I decided to build a cheap DIY scintillating gamma spectrometer, it was the natural choice—although I didn’t realize I’d find myself navigating around teething problems of the sort that often affect a first-generation integrated circuit. I wanted to see if I could make it easy and affordable to build a spectrometer.

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