Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
Thanks to a few recent technical and commercial developments, I was able to come up with an e-bike conversion that cost me less than US $200 and yet functions impressively. He'd been selling kits for his mount in small numbers. Consider the two e-bikes described in. this month's Gizmo column , which each cost thousands of dollars.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
Thanks to a few recent technical and commercial developments, I was able to come up with an e-bike conversion that cost me less than US $200 and yet functions impressively. He'd been selling kits for his mount in small numbers. Consider the two e-bikes described in. this month's Gizmo column , which each cost thousands of dollars.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
November 2018 Hands On article, “DIY Pro Audio ” in IEEE Spectrum , and it convinced me it was possible, although I wanted to go beyond just a power amplifier to something more like my lamented Sansui. In commercial product development, an optimized microcontroller would be the way to go, but for my DIY project, a Pi was perfect.
Cars That Think
JULY 27, 2023
The Galaksija is a Z80 -based, 8-bit DIY machine, cleverly designed so that its bill of materials meshed exactly with what a Yugoslavian was able to import from Western Europe. During its brief heyday, thousands were built, leading to commercially assembled Galaksijas finding their way into homes and schools across the country.
DIY Electric Car
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
It was expensive to commercially exploit solar energy few decades ago. There are kits available for home owners to take advantage of the sun's abundant energy. Most of these kits can be assembled over a weekend for the basic installation, but the more complex system can take a little longer.
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