Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Searching the interwebs, I found no shortage of leads about how to build a DIY seismometer. The problem is that the DIY seismometer designs I was seeing were large and ungainly contraptions. I wondered whether I could build a more compact one using a geophone. I recently decided that I needed to give this a try.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

But we do actually need that energy to be generated,” says Alper Bozkurt, who with Veena Misra codirects the Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at North Carolina State University. In the future, DIY may not even be necessary. But solar is just the opening gambit.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Battery {Returnto top of page} EV Plans Sources Built For Fun ElectricVehicles : DIY plans for karts and buggys Drive Electric: EV3 Tri-Electric ElectricBicycle (Slipstream) : DIY plans and parts for the Slipstream electricbike Robert Q. RileyEnterprises : Electric and hybrid DIY plans.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

CalCars supports conversion programs as a strategy to increase awareness and support for PHEVs and thereby motivate automakers to build production PHEVs. For a list of conversions completed to date, see Where PHEVs (mostly Priuses) Are. Conversions are limited to certain vehicle types.

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