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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

Cars That Think

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. While our boats were in international waters , Sweden ha s oversight of the airspace above that part of the Baltic Sea.) Even more important, it came back down in one piece.

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How I turned a shipping container into a solar off-grid charging station with A/C

Baua Electric

That seemed like a great idea to put to use for all of my electric “toys”. Well, not really cheated, but I just went with a retail solar generator system instead of DIYing that part myself from à la carte components. There are many ways to skin a cat, and even more ways to add solar power to a shipping container.

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Security With a Spectrometer

Cars That Think

To see what idea the device would spark in me for a consumer-focused application. So I decided to prototype my phone idea by making a password-entry device for my laptop PC that would unlock it when I held my arm up to the sensor. I soon realized skin tone wasn’t a good idea. My part of the experiment?

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Arc 1 Conversion Journal 3/3/2012

DIY Electric Car

The air conditioning evaporator is now able to be converted to my cold water heat exchanger. They couldn't wrap their heads around the idea I wanted a manual rack, even though I have a car with a power rack. Instrument Cluster: I have created a bill of materials for my new instrumentation system.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

Get Electric Vehicle

You shall find the importance of electric vehicles , advantages, disadvantages, other technical aspects, electric vehicle reviews, project ideas, and more here on this blog. These business ideas are categorized into a few groups and each one is detailed below. Here we include battery and vehicle-related business ideas.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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