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This Idea Wasn't All Wet: The Sensing Water-Saving Shower Head Debuts

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He imagined a shower head that would sense when the person showering moved out from under the stream of water. The shower head would then automatically turn the water off, turning it back on again when the person moved back into range. With such a device, he thought, people could enjoy a long shower without wasting water.

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Personal: I Built the Ultimate Checklist for a Successful Road Trip

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Personal: I Built the Ultimate Checklist for a Successful Road Trip Gear Up to Hit the Road and Not Look Back This article may contain affiliate links. To make sure that everyone in your group has access to a source of light, make sure to pack headlamps or flashlights for them all.

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From TechCrunch: $60K electric water toy lands $1M worth of preorders

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It takes a special kind of boldness to raise a wad of cash, claim to have $90 million worth of preorders, then pivot away from passenger ferries and light container ships, and instead start selling $59,000 personal watercraft. and one customer in Kuwait,” … Read in TechCrunch: [link]. .

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BMW Group commences in-house production of fuel cell systems for BMW iX5 Hydrogen in Munich

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And it will also gain substantially in importance as far as personal mobility is concerned. The stack housing is manufactured in the light metal foundry at BMW Group Plant Landshut using a sand casting technique. The pressure plate forms a gas-tight and water-tight seal around the stack housing.

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Solaris delivers electric school bus; Kangaroo program

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iGW (the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management) as part of the “Kangaroo: A Safe and Environmentally Friendly Way to School” program. Orange beacon lights, which turn on automatically when the bus doors open, are mounted on the roof, on the rear section. The bus is fully adapted to transport disabled persons.

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Rosneft touts major light oil find from “northernmost well in the world” in the Arctic

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It is an astonishing sample of light oil, which based on the results of the analysis performed, is comparable to the Siberian Light oil. The well was drilled in open-water conditions at the 74 th circle of longitude, 250 km (155 miles) offshore. The first oil was extracted.

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2025 Ram 1500 REV all-electric pickup debuts in New York; two battery options

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The all-electric 2025 Ram 1500 REV—the first battery-electric light-duty pickup truck from Ram Truck—made its world debut at the New York International Auto Show. All HUD settings can be personalized and saved within the driver profiles. An onboard power panel in the bed can provide up to 7.2

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