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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

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Or, that was the idea, anyway. KAIST/Korea Polytechnic University The paper doesn't directly address the cost of the MHD, and with three motors and some other electronics in it, it's not likely to be super cheap. It's also possible to build your own MHD device for cheap , if you know what you're doing.

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Video Friday: Robot Arms for the ISS

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Team NimbRo from University of Bonn, Germany came in first with 22 points, Team HERoEHS from Korea came in second with 5.5 In our first episode, we have a fully-loaded and autonomous Husky UGV, equipped with a Universal Robots UR5 arm, our Outdoor Navigation software and Indoor Navigation software, along with all the supporting sensors.

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The First Digital Camera Was The Size of a Toaster

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It was a photographic system to demonstrate the idea of an all-electronic camera that didn’t use any consumables in the capturing and display of still photographic images.”. Photos have become the universal form of casual conversation,” he said in a 2018 interview with The Institute. He designed it so each tape would store 30 images.

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WestVirginia University : Formula Lightning Solar Cars Clarkson University :Solar Knights Kansas State University :Apollo Universityof Quebec : Eclipse II University ofToronto : Blue Sky QueensUniversity : Dawn Treader Street Cars CentralShenandoah Valley Regional Governors School : Datsun 240Z conversion.

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Happy IEEE Day!

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IEEE Day celebrates the first time in history when engineers worldwide and IEEE members gathered to share their technical ideas in 1884. Worldwide celebrations demonstrate the ways thousands of IEEE members in local communities join together to collaborate on ideas that leverage technology for a better tomorrow. Featured Article.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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According to Peter Bruce, a chemist at the University of St Andrews, UK, “As far as I know, this is the fastest yet for this material.&# When the team tested the newly-coated cathode, they discovered it could be charged and discharged in as little as 9 seconds. About Gas 2.0 on It’s On! is a Green Options Media Production.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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The idea is that when your car needs more energy, you can drive your car into a station and, like an automated car wash, your depleted battery is replaced robotically by one that has a full charge. Maybe you should ask some engineers at the local power utility before you go shooting your mouth off, decrying how the idea will never fly.