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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

The infuriating, inaccurate, energy-hogging, thoughtlessly stupid, impossible-to-program, always-too-hot-or-too-cold-in-some-part-of-the-house thermostat. But making the thermometer beautiful would be the easy part. This needed to be an easy DIY project, a quick upgrade. Nest Gets Googled. Someone needed to fix it.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

Cars That Think

Robot-suitable mechanical parts were hard to come by, but combat robot parts were more readily available due to their popularity on TV at the time. I had a pile of these parts and was eager to put something together. Then came the hard part. His first comment was, “are you crazy? The product was to be named A.M.P.,

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. 25 or more gets you a bumper sticker.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

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DIY Guru is an example for electric vehicle training and skillset development institute. Before you start, think of the possible customers and how many people would buy the product from you to make sure that it would be profitable. A battery scrapping station can be set up to reuse the old battery parts and dispose of the waste.