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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. With no guarantees on how long any given instrument might last, you have to deploy a lot of them to get the data you need.

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Building the Future of Smart Home Security

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As the demand for smart home security grows, it’s pertinent that the engineers who build the products and services that keep millions of customers safe continue to experiment with new technologies that could enhance overall security and accessibility. At SimpliSafe , an award-winning home security company based in Boston, Mass.,

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Where the President-Elect Candidates Stand on Key Issues

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Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion IEEE is committed to increasing DEI within the organization as well as in the engineering profession as a whole. How the organization will go about doing so was top of mind for some members. In the First Robotics competitions, student teams design, program, and build robots.

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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. B oth founders left the organization in 2014, but by then the project had about 50 volunteers and plenty of momentum. generous donors around the world.

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From Cleaning Offices to Designing EV Charging Stations

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For her contributions to the field, in 2022 she was selected as one of the Top Women in EV by the organizers of the EV Summit , a leading global e-mobility event. He was a DIY enthusiast willing to try his hand at just about anything, from electronics to plumbing. Bekerytė credits her success to following her heart. “Do she says. “So

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Creative Greenius is EV Driven

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We have come together to find and organize the best content from blogs and other web sites. President Obama: Days of Building Sprawl Are Over. In addition to Creative Greenius you’ll find these great EV Driven blogs: DIY Electric Car. I am very excited to announce my participation in the launch of. Obama on cars.

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3D-Printed OLEDs Enable DIY  Screens Nearly Anywhere

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These organic light-emitting diode displays are so-called because of their self-emission capabilities, using organic carbon-based compounds and other ingredients to create colors. Because each pixel produces its own light, OLEDs require no backlighting. The word “HELLO” captured while the text scrolled on the 8 × 8 OLED display.

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