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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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At the time, e-bikes were still rather exotic, at least in the United States, so it seemed worth the expense and effort to build my own. E-bike availability and ridership have exploded. Most components are inexpensive and readily available. In 2009, I wrote in these pages about my efforts to. Fast forward a dozen years.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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At the time, e-bikes were still rather exotic, at least in the United States, so it seemed worth the expense and effort to build my own. E-bike availability and ridership have exploded. Most components are inexpensive and readily available. In 2009, I wrote in these pages about my efforts to. Fast forward a dozen years.

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Build Your Own Hi-fi Ear Defenders

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Now, after countless versions of wiring things together, and even designing my own audio mixers, I finally have a DIY solution that works within a reasonable budget. I was on the hunt for another cheap small MEMS mic that could handle louder sound sources. A detailed step-by-step guide is available on the SparkFun website.)

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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

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Just about every device you own is probably available with Internet connectivity. KAIST/Korea Polytechnic University The paper doesn't directly address the cost of the MHD, and with three motors and some other electronics in it, it's not likely to be super cheap. Whether or not every device you own actually.

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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 believe that spaceflight should be available to anyone who's willing to put in the time and effort. generous donors around the world. Carsten Olsen.

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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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This Huge DIY Workbench Gives You a Hand

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So I decided to build a new workbench. I decided on building a 213-by-107-cm bench. I added a DIY solder squid—a block with four flexible arms that I use to hold components in place while soldering—with a concrete base and an automatic solder fume extractor. A bench that could automatically assist me in getting things done!

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