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A DIY Tracker Tough Enough for the Arctic

Cars That Think

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. Hz, and longer swells, which range from about 0.08 Unfortunately, the cost of buying instruments commercially severely limited how many trackers we could deploy.

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EV extravaganza at Noosa Expo

EV Central

It weighs just 235kg without driver. The post EV extravaganza at Noosa Expo appeared first on EV Central.

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IoT-ize Your Old Gadgets With a Mechanical Hijacking Device

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Participants installed the IoTIZER on a range of products, including consumer appliances and devices as well as various items around the home, including a recliner and a door lock. As one user commented, "I think it is easy, because I can do it while looking at the product. Well, I can just put it there and check.".

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

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Which seems plenty attractive to a range of companies and researchers. But we do actually need that energy to be generated,” says Alper Bozkurt, who with Veena Misra codirects the Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at North Carolina State University.

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Video Friday: Humanoid Soccer

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The robots of Team NimbRo of University of Bonn, Germany, won the main soccer tournament, the Drop-in tournament, and the Technical Challenges. Robotnik ] This video celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the University of Zurich’s Robotics and Perception Group, led by Prof. Be the tiny DIY robot cat you’ve always wanted to be!

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Video Friday: Robot Arms for the ISS

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Griffin’s ramps were positioned in a range of average and worst-case inclines up to 33 degrees to thoroughly test how VIPER could exit the lander. Team NimbRo from University of Bonn, Germany came in first with 22 points, Team HERoEHS from Korea came in second with 5.5 Faboratory ] Sweet potato packing is surprisingly complex!

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. The ZeroAvia technology gives 4 times the range of a similar battery-powered electric plane,” said Pohorsky. It was very technical but captivating.

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