Green Car Congress
AUGUST 6, 2014
The Cariboo Regional District (a regional government that functions independently of the provincial government) reported that waterways affected by this event include Quesnel Lake, Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek and Cariboo Creek. Mercury (and its compounds). No mercury, very low arsenic and very low other metals.”.
Baua Electric
APRIL 9, 2024
Last week, as Victoria Sahami , the owner of Sirius Travel , was preparing to guide a group of tourists in Mazatlán, Mexico, for Monday’s big event, she was also planning for these other upcoming eclipses. Because of Iceland’s mercurial meteorology, Ring of Fire Expeditions is going all in on Spain, with a 10-day excursion on the mainland.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
In December 2021, just before CES, the world’s leading tech event, Dell introduced Concept Luna , a reimagining of the laptop PC that focuses on repairability. Consumer electronics can cause deadly pollution by degrading into hazardous materials (including lead, mercury, and arsenic) when left in landfills.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 26, 2021
The sensor equivalent of a sleeping dog is called an event-driven sensor. Using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, we can make such event-driven sensors on silicon chips that are only millimeters in size. This sensor could last for years on its original battery while waiting for a triggering event.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Palmieri’s seismograph consisted of U-shaped tubes filled with mercury. When the ground shook, the mercury would close an electrical circuit and stop an attached clock. In 1855, Italian physicist Luigi Palmieri created the first electromagnetic device that recorded the time of an earthquake and its movement.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Riding on the success of MOLA, the Goddard team develops new lidar instruments for Earth, the Moon and Mercury. DARPA ] Leaders in Lidar | Chapter 3: Take the Next Steps.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 27, 2021
In a fateful turn of events, just as Faraday's apprenticeship was coming to an end in 1812, one of the bookbinder's clients offered Faraday a ticket to Humphry Davy's farewell lecture series at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. He floated a stiff wire in the mercury and connected the apparatus to a battery.
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