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A DIY Tracker Tough Enough for the Arctic

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So, I set about building an open-source ice tracker from DIY components that not only proved to be much, much cheaper but also much more capable than the commercial options. Doing in situ data processing and reduction is especially important because of the limited and expensive bandwidth available via the Iridium satellite network.

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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. It would have been possible to have such information displayed on a smartphone, using a.

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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. It would have been possible to have such information displayed on a smartphone, using a.

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Space Campers shares new look inside its Tesla Cybertruck Camper

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One company, Space Campers, developed a wedge-style camper for the Tesla Cybertruck and is expected to roll out the camper once the Cybertruck becomes available in 2023. Compatibility with the Cybertruck’s battery for accessory add-ons and DIY builds. Space Campers opened up reservations for its base model camper in June.

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Hacking Ham Radio for Texting

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Navy researcher Robert Bruninga and was originally designed to track tactical information in real time. MicroAPRS , which is an open-source and Arduino-compatible firmware package for DIY packet radio modems. I thought about building it around a Raspberry Pi. I started learning about the many different types of. right now.

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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. To build his digital camera, Sasson scavenged a lens and an exposure mechanism from a Kodak XL55 movie camera. That didn’t deter Sasson, who continued to build more cameras for Kodak.

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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 find it fascinating that you can get so much information out of a single device.

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