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A DIY Tracker Tough Enough for the Arctic

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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. With no guarantees on how long any given instrument might last, you have to deploy a lot of them to get the data you need.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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Terrafirma Technology , a company started by an engineer named Michael House who has gone into business supplying 3D-printed adapters to people who want to repurpose lithium-ion power-tool batteries. It would have been possible to have such information displayed on a smartphone, using a. Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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Terrafirma Technology , a company started by an engineer named Michael House who has gone into business supplying 3D-printed adapters to people who want to repurpose lithium-ion power-tool batteries. It would have been possible to have such information displayed on a smartphone, using a. Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC.

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Ukrainian Volunteers Use 3D Printers to Save Lives

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First, the 3D-printing facilities and services available in Ukraine usually use fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D-printing technology, which often results in components with poor performance and less than optimal survivability in wartime. Personal connections are one of my primary sources of information about what is happening in Ukraine.

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The First Digital Camera Was The Size of a Toaster

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In a 2016 interview with DIY Photography , he said cassettes were the only permanent form of “digital storage” available to him at the time. Sasson and his colleagues invented a device to take the information stored on the tape and turn it into digital images. Although the CCDs could capture an image, they couldn’t store it.

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Tesla Autopilot’s emergency vehicle response feature is addressing a deadly problem no one wants to talk about

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A DIY Solution. Law , a 32-year-veteran in the emergency roadside response industry and a specialist researcher in the Move Over Law, opted to develop a light sequence he fondly dubs as “E-Modes” to help drivers inform other vehicles that a parked emergency vehicle is nearby. A (Potentially) Safer Future.

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Where the President-Elect Candidates Stand on Key Issues

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The candidates were asked about their plans for increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion at IEEE; expanding science, technology, engineering, and math education programs; and ways to attract and retain members. At Maker Faire conventions, people engage in hands-on DIY and STEM activities.