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Elephant Robotics Unveils New Desktop Educational Robots for 2023

Cars That Think

For robots to become widely used in education, they need to be smaller, easier to setup and use, and, more important, they need to be affordable to educators and students. There are two kits in the DIY series: the Drawing Kit and Laser Engraving Kit. It is a platform that generates the G-Code track and provides primary cases for users.

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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

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But if you want it, it's there—as long as you're able to afford it, of course. But for the vast majority of people, a DIY approach isn't practical, and buying something that works out of the box and comes with a friendly app seems like it would be worth a cost premium. Whether or not every device you own actually.

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Why battery-as-a-service will drive future of e-mobility | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Making them affordable involves moving the up-front capital expenditure of new vehicles to a recurring operating expenditure like in ICE vehicles, where fuel is the main recurring expense. Battery swapping must be affordable for end users to drive EV adoption. The first challenge is well known — EVs still remain costly for most buyers.

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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. supporters are counting down until the historic day when an amateur astronaut will climb aboard a homemade rocket and wave goodbye to Earth, ready to take a giant leap for DIY-kind.

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Opinion: Cars and Toxic Substances

Clean Fleet Report

It is affordable and has heat-resistant properties; that’s the reason behind using asbestos in cars. Mechanics, hobbyists and people who repair cars as DIY projects can be exposed to asbestos–especially when they clean the brakes of older cars—but EPA has advice on how to avoid exposure. Careful with brake work.

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Solar Power for Sheds and Electric Car Charging Solutions

Setec Powerr

. – Polycrystalline: A good middle-ground option, balancing both affordability and solar efficiency. The Simple Installation Process For small solar setups oriented towards sheds, DIY installation kits can streamline the process: – Position the Panel: Orient the solar panels to maximize sun exposure based on your hemisphere.

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DIY Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy with a Raspberry Pi Pico

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So when I decided to build a cheap DIY scintillating gamma spectrometer, it was the natural choice—although I didn’t realize I’d find myself navigating around teething problems of the sort that often affect a first-generation integrated circuit. I wanted to see if I could make it easy and affordable to build a spectrometer.

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