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Electric motorcycles are taking over the streets of Cuba

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With rising fuel costs and shortages across Cuba, the island nation has turned to electric motorcycles en masse. The post Electric motorcycles are taking over the streets of Cuba appeared first on Electrek. Nowhere is that more apparent than on the streets of Havana.

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Cuba Jamming Ham Radio? Listen For Yourself

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As anti-government protests spilled onto the streets in Cuba on July 11, something strange was happening on the airwaves. Florida operators reported the signals were loudest there, enough to make communication with hams in Cuba impossible. Valladres explains he escaped from Cuba to the United States in a raft in 2005.

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Benchmark: Indonesia could become major cobalt producer; forecasts 30x boost

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HPAL has been used since 1961 when it was first put into commercial production at Moa Bay, Cuba. Although HPAL is able to leach nickel and cobalt quickly from laterite ores, it is challenged by corrosion and erosion and energy requirements, as well as operational and maintenance issues.

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SpaceX set to conduct world’s first and second orbital launches of 2022

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Several minutes later, Falcon 9’s upper stage will overfly central Cuba – hopefully not hitting any beloved cows with rocket debris. Fairing recovery north of Cuba ~606km downrange. Transporter -3 LHAs from SLC-40 NET 13 Jan 15:25 UTC, altern. Booster LZ1 landing. Drop area (red) in case of boostback/SES-1 failure.

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SpaceX navy deploys for back-to-back Italian radar satellite, Starlink launches

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Two hours later , support ship Bob departed the same port but more or less headed due south, where it will recover Falcon 9’s payload fairing halves north of Cuba after the rocket’s scheduled 6:11 pm EST (23:11 UTC), Thursday, January 27th launch of the Italian CSG-2 Earth observation satellite. Second departure of the day!

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SpaceX preparing for third rideshare launch with dozens of small satellites

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Fairing recovery north of Cuba ~606km downrange. That doesn’t include the possibility that SpaceX – as it has done on both prior Transporter missions – will include several Starlink satellites to take full advantage of Falcon 9’s performance. Transporter -3 LHAs from SLC-40 NET 13 Jan 15:25 UTC, altern.

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Twitter discouraged from building HQ in Florida by Governor DeSantis

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“Many in our state have experienced censorship and other tyrannical behavior firsthand in Cuba and Venezuela. If Big Tech censors enforce rules inconsistently, to discriminate in favor of the dominant Silicon Valley ideology, they will now be held accountable.”

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SpaceX Falcon 9 launch scrubbed by wayward cruise ship

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Fairing recovery north of Cuba ~596km downrange. CSG -2 LHAs from SLC-40 NET 27 Jan 23:11 UTC, altern. 28 Jan to 01 Feb. Booster LZ1 landing. Drop area (red) in case of boostback/SES-1 failure. Dogleg maneuver to SSO azimuth. S2 reentry in South Pacific. link] pic.twitter.com/FyXyXLDMnq — Raul (@Raul74Cz) January 23, 2022.

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Ham Radio Jamming, Wireless Industry Battlegrounds, and IoT in Space

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Here are the highlights of what went down in telecom this year: Cuba Jamming Ham Radio? After coordination with operators in South America and Europe, the source of the interfering signals—which sound like “the unfortunate offspring of a frog and a Dalek ”—was quickly identified as Cuba.

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EV Radar: May 2022

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Cape Verde. Cayman Islands. Central African Republic. Christmas Island. Cocos Islands. Cook Islands. Costa Rica. Czech Republic. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dominican Republic. East Timor. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea.

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EV Radar: June 2022

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Cape Verde. Cayman Islands. Central African Republic. Christmas Island. Cocos Islands. Cook Islands. Costa Rica. Czech Republic. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dominican Republic. East Timor. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea.

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Climate Talks End In Copenhagen Accord; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ÂşC Warming Limit

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In the end, 188 countries voted in favor of the motion, with Cuba, Bolivia, Sudan, and Venezuela voting against it. Weech secured consensus before mid-morning by calling a vote to “take note” of the accord, rather than approve it. The accord will not become an official United Nations document unless unanimous approval is secured.

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EV Radar: April 2022

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Cape Verde. Cayman Islands. Central African Republic. Christmas Island. Cocos Islands. Cook Islands. Costa Rica. Czech Republic. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dominican Republic. East Timor. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Post Bali, two approaches to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have been articulated: Cuba, India, Tanzania, Indonesia, China and others argue that IPRs needs to be addressed as a barrier within the technology transfer discussion; Australia and the US argue that IPRs is a catalyst, rather than a barrier, to technology transfer.