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

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Richard Angle) SpaceX’s answer to the problem was about as simple, elegant, and cheap as possible. LC-40 will also need a swinging access arm to connect the tower to Dragon’s hatch. More importantly, the same arm and tower would be used to escape Dragon and Falcon 9 in case of a minor emergency.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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If I could just connect the HVAC system to my iPhone, I could control it from anywhere. But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. But no matter where we went, we could not escape one thing: the goddamn thermostat. The plan was a break.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

We don’t know if the Ioniq 6 will introduce remote connectivity – allowing activating climate control or checking the charge status from your phone – as found in Teslas, for example. They’re a big improvement on the Ioniq 5’s slightly cheap looking and feeling doors. Generous, to say the least.

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Robot Gift Guide 2022

Cars That Think

It’s also cloud connected and empties itself. All you have to do is make sure it can’t escape, then just let it loose and forget about it for months at a time. For a fully featured dynamic legged robot, it’s staggeringly cheap, just keep in mind that shipping is $1,000. Roomba Combo j7+. Amazon Astro. Unitree.

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2024 Genesis GV60 Lux review: Is this mind-bending small electric SUV really worth all this money?

EV Central

And while our older GV60 didn’t yet have the feature, from May this year it introduced Face Connect for “true keyless convenience.” These days, real luxury should be about escaping screens. Genesis GV60 AWD – luxurious, but it comes at a cost Not that our GV60 Lux is cheap. A tech too far?

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Carlos 12:43 AM walt the memecaster said.

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