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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

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IoTIZER is a prototype of a mechanical hijacking device (MHD), designed to replace human manipulation of existing products. Or, that was the idea, anyway. As one user commented, "I think it is easy, because I can do it while looking at the product. Well, I can just put it there and check.".

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MIT professor pursuing direct sulfide electrolysis for copper production

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In the traditional process, which still accounts for more than half of copper production, smelters roast a mixture of copper sulfide ore and oxygen. The idea for direct sulfide electrolysis dates to as early as 1906. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry, focused on liquid iron production at 1,600 ?C, —Antoine Allanore.

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Wireless Heater Made From a Leaf Skeleton Is Fully Biodegradable

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We’ve gotten very, very good at making things that are cheap and durable. Among them: Our society generates massive amounts of waste that is going to remain in landfills for a long time. Unfortunately, there are some deleterious side effects.

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We’re the New Renewables

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Bettmann/Getty Images You, the Power Source The incandescent lightbulb, in addition to being a world-changing invention, is the prototypical example of something that wastes a lot of energy, giving it off as heat instead of light. Our bodies slough off a ton of heat too. Diana Gamzina, founder and CEO of Davis, Calif.,

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This $680 4-seater electric swan boat makes my own Chinese e-boat look luxurious

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But after buying an ultra-cheap Chinese electric boat last year , this new one makes my own lazy lake cruiser look like a luxury yacht. And hey, having foot pedals as a backup on a boat like this probably isn’t a bad idea! I’m no stranger to collecting weird Alibaba electric vehicles, and that includes aquatic vessels.

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Singapores A*Star Awards S$27.5M In Research Grants for Technologies for Sustainable Development

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A*STAR is also conducting research in Solar Photovoltaics, Next Generation Power Grids, Intelligent Energy Distribution, Fuel Cells, Sustainable Production of Fuels and Chemicals and Sustainable Manufacturing. The by-products of this can be used as construction or landfill materials. Carbon Capture and Utilization.

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

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At Sonoma Raceway, it also provided an on-the-road look at part of that future with mass-market tire technology that will likely go into production in 2025. That’s more than double what such tires offer today, in a product that Michelin attests, performs as well or better than today’s offerings. Michelin 45% sustainable tire.

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