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EV Transmissions Are Awesome!

CleanTechnica EVs

Just over two years ago, I wrote an article discussing upcoming EV transmissions. Since then, we’ve seen a number of EVs and plugin hybrids that use a transmission, and the advantages that were mathematically predictable (as well as known from the DIY EV scene that predated mass EV production) became a reality.

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Elephant Robotics Unveils New Desktop Educational Robots for 2023

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by Elephant Robotics. This year, the company is unveiling completely improved and upgraded products to make robotics even more accessible in education. The products’ portability, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness have helped schools integrate robotics as part of their programs and courses.

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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. The Spica astronaut's 15-minute ride to the stars will be the product of more than two decades of work. Even more important, it came back down in one piece. We're now building the.

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How to Save Money When Doing Car Maintenance and Repairs

Clean Fleet Report

How to Save Money When Doing Car Maintenance and Repairs Tips to Cost-Effectively Extend the Life of Your Car This article may contain affiliate links. From learning simple DIY tricks to finding discounts and coupons online, there are plenty of smart ways to reduce costs when completing necessary automotive tasks.

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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. It only took 50 milliseconds to capture the image, but it took 23 seconds to record it to the tape,” Sasson said in the 2015 Times article. He designed it so each tape would store 30 images.

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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. In commercial product development, an optimized microcontroller would be the way to go, but for my DIY project, a Pi was perfect.

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Building the Future of Smart Home Security

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by SimpliSafe. This is particularly true for devices that provide security with 38 percent of Americans owning a home security product. It’s nearly impossible to find a household today that doesn’t have at least one connected smart home device installed.