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MARCH 24, 2022
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. V, making it more than 1,000 times as power efficient at approximately 1.7 This consumed around 350 milliamperes while running at 5 volts for about 1.7 microwatts.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. I'd read about such friction-drive arrangements and had followed the work of a cyclist in Australia known as Kepler who had devised a clever articulated mount that allows the motor to retract from the wheel when not applying power. I thought: "What could be easier?".
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. I'd read about such friction-drive arrangements and had followed the work of a cyclist in Australia known as Kepler who had devised a clever articulated mount that allows the motor to retract from the wheel when not applying power. I thought: "What could be easier?".
Cars That Think
JULY 30, 2021
Just about every device you own is probably available with Internet connectivity. needs Internet connectivity is up for debate. Connectivity usually comes at a premium, and it also usually involves buying a brand new whatever it is, because new hardware and software and services are required. Or, that was the idea, anyway.
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NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Navy researcher Robert Bruninga and was originally designed to track tactical information in real time. APRS supports sending text messages, and if you're in range of an Internet-connected gateway node you can even. MicroAPRS , which is an open-source and Arduino-compatible firmware package for DIY packet radio modems.
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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. Most geophones are designed for measuring frequencies above 10 Hz. I recently decided that I needed to give this a try.
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NOVEMBER 28, 2021
meter-tall Nexø II rocket was powered by a bipropellant engine designed and constructed by the Copenhagen Suborbitals team. 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.
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