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Hi-fi, Radio, and Retro: The DIY Projects Spectrum Readers Love

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And a follow-up to that article, “ A Web-Enabled, High Quality, DIY Audio Amp ” (March 2022), comes in at No. A third of the top 15 articles relate to wireless and radio tech, with one concerning a home-brew radio telescope (October 2019). Are there trends in DIY projects you think we’re missing? Drop me a line at cass.s@ieee.org

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Tech: How to Troubleshoot Electrical Issues

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Tech: How to Troubleshoot Electrical Issues Tips for Diagnosing Power Issues in your Car This article may contain affiliate links. Although you can have an approximate gauge of the issue yourself, it does not necessarily mean you can take the DIY route.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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In 2009, I wrote in these pages about my efforts to. add an electric motor to a bicycle —a project that involved a considerable outlay of money and many hours in a machine shop behind a lathe. At the time, e-bikes were still rather exotic, at least in the United States, so it seemed worth the expense and effort to build my own.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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In 2009, I wrote in these pages about my efforts to. add an electric motor to a bicycle —a project that involved a considerable outlay of money and many hours in a machine shop behind a lathe. At the time, e-bikes were still rather exotic, at least in the United States, so it seemed worth the expense and effort to build my own.

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Tesla Model 3 pickup “Truckla” gets updates and a perfectly wholesome robot charger

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Teslas are very tech-heavy vehicles, so projects like Giertz’s Truckla are always remarkable. Overall, Truckla will always be one of the coolest Tesla DIY projects to date, so any updates about the vehicle are always appreciated.

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BMW Uses Siri-like Tech to Promote Electric Car

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The Bakery is supported by the IPA, Tech City Investment Organisation and UK Trade & Investment and agencies including Vizeum, Havas Worldwide, MBA, Karmarama and KittCattNohr Digitas. The partnership between BMW and London Brand Management is the first to come from the recently launched marketing technology accelerator scheme The Bakery.

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

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Wearable devices, like nearly every other piece of tech, need energy. The best-known wearable energy-harvesting tech today is, of course, solar, which pulls down electrons from sunlight or ambient light. Leveraging watch tech for…bisons? In the future, DIY may not even be necessary. But solar is just the opening gambit.

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