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Hi-fi, Radio, and Retro: The DIY Projects Spectrum Readers Love

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Far and away our most popular article in the last five years has been “ Build Your Own Professional-Grade Audio Amp on the Sort of Cheap ” (November 2018). And a follow-up to that article, “ A Web-Enabled, High Quality, DIY Audio Amp ” (March 2022), comes in at No. Are there trends in DIY projects you think we’re missing?

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Tesla Model 3 pickup “Truckla” gets updates and a perfectly wholesome robot charger

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Back in 2019, YouTuber Simone Giertz, the self-proclaimed “Queen of Sh*tty Robots,” created a one-off Tesla Model 3 build that took the automotive world by storm. Overall, Truckla will always be one of the coolest Tesla DIY projects to date, so any updates about the vehicle are always appreciated.

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Space Campers shares new look inside its Tesla Cybertruck Camper

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The Tesla Cybertruck has inspired many memes and third-party modifications since its unveiling in 2019. Compatibility with the Cybertruck’s battery for accessory add-ons and DIY builds. Space Campers shared a new look inside its Tesla Cybertruck Camper on Thursday.

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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. We're now building the. We'll soon commence building a full-scale BPM100 engine, which will ultimately incorporate a new guidance system for the rocket. Carsten Olsen.

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From Cleaning Offices to Designing EV Charging Stations

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He was a DIY enthusiast willing to try his hand at just about anything, from electronics to plumbing. Toward the end of her studies in 2019, she got her big break. The job entails building devices in the lab and running testing and verification programs. “It she says. “So So I was interested in that kind of thing quite early.”

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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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If you ask the biggest danger to a firefighter, most envision being trapped in a burning or collapsing building. A DIY Solution. Simply put, the problem of drivers not following SDMO laws is so real and deadly that emergency responders are DIY-ing a solution themselves — because they cannot count on anyone else. .

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

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In each of these approaches, modeling work went far to create the conceptual background for building an artificial pancreas. The next step was to actually build it. published the results in the New England Journal of Medicine in October 2019. Then there are the many, many DIY projects underway. percent to 1.4 Diabeloop.

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