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SpaceX’s backup Dragon launch pad on track for 2023 debut

Teslarati

SpaceX has begun building a backup launch pad for its Cargo and Crew Dragon spacecraft and says the facility could be ready for use as early as fall 2023. Richard Angle) SpaceX’s answer to the problem was about as simple, elegant, and cheap as possible. Reuters first revealed those plans in June 2022.

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Our Hands-On Citizen-Scientist

Cars That Think

That project reinforces a theme running through many of Dave’s projects: The only way most nonspecialists can explore these pursuits themselves is by using materials at hand or scored on the cheap. The exoplanet detector is an absolute delight for the frugal DIYer.

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

Cars That Think

Much of the motivation behind building new rockets or developing colonies on Mars is wrapped up in the rhetoric of our warming planet being something to escape from. Nonprofits are already using cheap sensors to pinpoint heat islands in cities, or neighborhoods where air pollution disproportionately affects communities of color.

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Optimizing Fume Control for Robotic Welding

Green Car Congress

This air must be removed from the hood so it does not build up and seep out into the ambient air of the facility. Clean(er) outdoor air must then be returned back to the facility to avoid negative pressure build up. Build Air Quality Into Production Lines From the Start. Size Filters to CFM.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

For most of the 10 years that I idly thought about thermostats, I had no intention of building one. Adapted from the book BUILD: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell. But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

They’re a big improvement on the Ioniq 5’s slightly cheap looking and feeling doors. It feels lively, eager and your speed builds in a beautifully linear way. In these days of screen overloads, here’s another one you can’t escape. A quick tap of the throttle and you surge forward.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. Our goal: Get car makers to build Bettah PHEVs than we can convert ourselves. Its a coalition between the Tree-Huggers, Do-Gooders, Sod-Busters, Cheap Hawks, and the Evangelicals".

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