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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

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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. Copenhagen Suborbitals was founded in 2008 by a self-taught engineer and a space architect who had previously worked for NASA. Even more important, it came back down in one piece.

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From Cleaning Offices to Designing EV Charging Stations

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He was a DIY enthusiast willing to try his hand at just about anything, from electronics to plumbing. Higher education is free in Norway, but the global job market in 2010 was still in the doldrums following the 2008 financial crisis. “I remember thinking, ‘Wow, are there really people who understand what this is?’” she says. “So

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

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In January 2008, the U.S. Only three months later, in April of 2008, we began using the controller we'd designed and tested in silico in real people with type 1 diabetes. and across Europe; in 2008 the U.S. Then there are the many, many DIY projects underway. Beta Bionics. Bigfood Biomedical. Diabeloop. DreaMed Diabetes.

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