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10 Gifts For Retrocomputing Fans

Cars That Think

Check out our full write up —and personally I thought it was worth it just to play Spacewar! One of the best reproductions of the Elf is Lee Hart's US $89 Membership Card kit , which compresses an Elf into two circuit boards that fit into a Altoids tin. Chris Davis makes a terrific replica kit, the Altair-Duino.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I personally wouldn’t count on the “Big Three&# actually implementing any of these new technologies in the near future. Running cars on it’s output has so many good points one can’t help but wonder. — Mark - Dallas 25. February 17, 2009 11:28 pm Link If only this would happen!

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A very low cost EV is taking a golf cart transaxle or whole GC rear/seat and weld, ect a MC front end, frame, title to it, change the batteries from 6vdc to 12vdc to double the voltage and use larger dia VW Rabbit tires and you can have a nice 1- 3 person MC trike that goes 45-55mph and 50+ mile range.

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