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DIY Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy with a Raspberry Pi Pico

Cars That Think

The global semiconductor shortage has made life tough for anyone using microcontrollers, with lead times now sometimes quoted in years. It came with a photomultiplier tube, which I removed and replaced with my SiPM, wrapping the assembly in black tape to prevent external light from leaking in and triggering the sensor. James Provost.

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The First Digital Camera Was The Size of a Toaster

Cars That Think

Smith at Bell Labs , consist of a sensor that converts an incoming two-dimensional light pattern into an electrical signal that in turn becomes an image. In a 2016 interview with DIY Photography , he said cassettes were the only permanent form of “digital storage” available to him at the time.

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Tips: How to Make Money from Your Old Car

Clean Fleet Report

The global market for used vehicles stood at $1.323 billion in 2019, with a projected growth rate of 5.5 Some car parts like the trim pieces, sound system and lights, among others, can be precious. You’ll be surprised how much your old car is worth even if it’s not running. percent annually until 2027. Sell for Scrap Metal.

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The Further Adventures of The Solangelist

Creative Greenius

So, it’s kind of hard to fulfill my global destiny as the pied piper of solar energy, the impassioned Solangelist preaching from my SunPowered pulpit at the big renewable revival meeting when my rooftop is still covering with nothing but asphalt shingles and raccoon scat. All at once it seemed so clear to me.

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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

DIY Electric Car

This blog is not about promoting the pedicabs or pedicab industry but about making people's awareness of light weight electric vehicles and their contribution these could make to reduce CO2 emissions.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

To end dependence of foreign-sourced fuels and all the political baggage associated with them, to have clean air, and to stop global warming are goals that we can achieve. At this early stage in what amounts to a global revolution, that is to be expected. City streets can get charging stations that will eventually pay for themselves.