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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

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That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. In 2018, the Nexø II rocket launched successfully [left] and returned safely to the Baltic Sea [right]. Even more important, it came back down in one piece. Spica rocket.

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A Web-Enabled, High Quality, DIY Audio Amp

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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. spiritual successor to Zorpette’s 2018 amplifier. And I’d already built my own speakers, so why not build it myself?

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

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The premise of the investigation itself is enough to whet the appetite of every Tesla skeptic since the idea of Autopilot crashing consistently into parked emergency vehicles makes for a compelling narrative. Since 2018, there have been over 45,000 collisions with stationary roadside objects. A DIY Solution.

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