Cars That Think

MARCH 24, 2022

Unfortunately, the cost of buying instruments commercially severely limited how many trackers we could deploy. So, I set about building an open-source ice tracker from DIY components that not only proved to be much, much cheaper but also much more capable than the commercial options.

DIY 90

DIY Building Power Powered 90

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. Consider the two e-bikes described in. this month's Gizmo column , which each cost thousands of dollars. The approach I adopted is mechanically as simple as you can get.

DIY 145

DIY Conversion Cheap Motor 145

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. Consider the two e-bikes described in. this month's Gizmo column , which each cost thousands of dollars. The approach I adopted is mechanically as simple as you can get.

DIY 98

DIY Conversion Cheap Motor 98

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The team was inspired by self-winding watches , which have existed since the late 18th century and transform wrist movement into energy. So the researchers bought a commercial microgenerator designed for wearable and IoT devices called the Kinetron MSG32. In the future, DIY may not even be necessary.

Energy 133

Energy Solar Carbon Fiber Universal 133

Cars That Think

APRIL 26, 2022

commercialized around 2010. So when the coil is pointed north ( and downward, at my northern latitude ), the Earth’s magnetic field adds to the magnetic field created by positive currents in the coil windings; when pointed in the opposite direction, the Earth’s field subtracts. It can be purchased. on Amazon for just US $40.

DIY 98

DIY Volt 2001 Building 98

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

I suspect that the correct plug will be of a twist-lock design as is typical of many higher voltage and amperage plugs used in commercial service and for industrial equipment. Perhaps you should have checked that before posting. as stated. 5 Clayton B. Cornell said on April 20th, 2009 at 4:43 am Emily, thanks for spell checking for us.

Gas-Electric 66

Gas-Electric Standards Plug Gas 66