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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. This consumed around 350 milliamperes while running at 5 volts for about 1.7 watts, but the Apollo3 uses just 500 microamperes at 3.3 microwatts.

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

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But to incorporate many different types of sensors, we need different material designs and tools. volts for about 60 hours. A little device that harvests energy from a runner’s evening jog clearly is not designed for a massive bison, which can weigh up to a tonne. In the future, DIY may not even be necessary.

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A Web-Enabled, High Quality, DIY Audio Amp

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November 2018 Hands On article, “DIY Pro Audio ” in IEEE Spectrum , and it convinced me it was possible, although I wanted to go beyond just a power amplifier to something more like my lamented Sansui. In commercial product development, an optimized microcontroller would be the way to go, but for my DIY project, a Pi was perfect.

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Top 7 Best, Classy and Fastest Electric Cars In Today?s World

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For instance, you have battery life and even ugly designs of the past. Chevy Volt. You might be wondering what made Chevy Volt in our list of 10 fastest electric cars today? Tesla, living up to its name, is offering technology that can be enjoyed by the future. The design of the Corvette is nothing short but amazing.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The three-point, 400-volt plug, which will allow electric cars to be recharged anywhere in a matter of minutes , will be unveiled Monday at the world’s biggest industrial technology fair in Hanover, northern Germany. Perhaps you should have checked that before posting. as stated. 5 Clayton B. Subscribe Subscribe via RSS What is RSS?

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

MazdaB-2600 : a nice pickup conversion MazdaMiata : Bill Theeringer project Manx Dunebuggy : Scottsbuggy, bike, and Comutacars Maxion: Max HallsCommutamatic II leaning 3 wheeler MercuryCapri : Uve has a great EV design calculator on his page. (No RileyEnterprises : Electric and hybrid DIY plans. No picturesof his car yet though.)

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions. We have sponsored the EAA-PHEV project and our Open-Source designs are being used by some of the private companies as well as technically advanced individuals.

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