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This Startup Builds USVs That Collect Data About Oceans

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Its sensors include hydrophones that can listen to marine life, as well as environmental sensors to measure water temperature, salinity, turbidity, and weather conditions. Her water expeditions throughout the world include five months during 2005 and 2006, when she and her husband rowed from Portugal to Costa Rica. Data Xplorer.

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Personal: I Built the Ultimate Checklist for a Successful Road Trip

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Personal: I Built the Ultimate Checklist for a Successful Road Trip Gear Up to Hit the Road and Not Look Back This article may contain affiliate links. First Aid Kit : Accidents occur, so it’s wise to keep a first aid kit on hand at all times. Pick one that satisfies both your need for comfort and ease of packing.

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A Membrane Strategy for Increasing Hydrocarbon Yield in Biomass-to-Liquids Processes

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Researchers from the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) in Germany have shown that hydrocarbon yield and energy efficiency can be increased in a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) biomass-to-liquids (BTL) process through the use of a hydrophilic membrane enabling the in situ removal of water from the catalyst bed. Click to enlarge.

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Tips: Tesla Model 3 Paint Issues & How to Fix Them

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This article may contain affiliate links. This is because the ceramic coating bonds with the paint on a molecular level that helps make the finish hydrophobic —or water repellent. However, Tesla has recently started to offer its own all-weather protection kit , which sells for $70. Keeping a Great Car Great. Keep It Clean.

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Putting the “Utility” in Sport Utility Vehicle: Which Electric SUVs Perform Best Off-Road?

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Best True Electric Sport Utility Vehicles In this article, we’re going to take a look at some of the electric SUVs hitting the market that perform like real SUVs. Where are the EVs not trying to straddle the line between fitting into city parking spaces and being able to handle the odd dirt road here and there?

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

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WEBSTER • FREE PRESS AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR• April 21, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share this article Del.icio.us For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Waters, like many others, hopes the U.S.

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Always Break Yolks: The Joy of Microwave Cooking

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As I write this month’s article, my house is a noisy, dusty construction zone. This water-cooled model was the size of a modest refrigerator, standing approximately 1.7 A 1958 article in Reader’s Digest popularized the story of Percy Spencer’s accidental discovery that the cavity magnetron could heat food.

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