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

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And a follow-up to that article, “ A Web-Enabled, High Quality, DIY Audio Amp ” (March 2022), comes in at No. A third of the top 15 articles relate to wireless and radio tech, with one concerning a home-brew radio telescope (October 2019). Are there trends in DIY projects you think we’re missing? Drop me a line at cass.s@ieee.org

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From Cleaning Offices to Designing EV Charging Stations

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Greta Bekerytė started out cleaning offices and ended up designing electronics for EV charging stations. He was a DIY enthusiast willing to try his hand at just about anything, from electronics to plumbing. I always knew I wanted to be a specialist: a person that others would go to because they knew something really well,” she says.

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Ukrainian Volunteers Use 3D Printers to Save Lives

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Thanks to these communication systems and volunteer centers, it was possible to supply personal protective equipment (like face shields ) for physicians and social workers. 3D Tech ADDtive Other volunteers also joined the modernization and implementation of computer-aided designs with publicly available 3D models for printing.

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

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Boris now conducts research on bioengineered substitutes for the pancreas; Anna is a writer and a designer. A person who requires insulin must walk a tightrope. If it falls too low, the person may faint; if it rises too high and stays elevated for too long, the person may go into a coma.

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