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Escape Proprietary Smart Home Tech With This DIY Panel

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This is done using Docker containers : software environments that act as self-contained sandboxes. I don’t have to worry that I suddenly won’t be able to turn on my lights due to a forced upgrade. The software that drives each Pi also has its functionality separated out.

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A DIY Tracker Tough Enough for the Arctic

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But it’s a tough environment for scientific instruments. 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. The heart of the OpenMetBuoy-v2021 ice tracker is the US $400 SparkFun Artemis Global Tracker (AGT).

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Search for Buried Treasure With This DIY Magnetometer

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Short-term stability didn’t quite match what’s advertised in the manufacturer’s literature, perhaps because of electrical noise in the environment, but it’s still very good: With the unit motionless, the values shown remain within a few tens of nanoteslas. This article appears in the May 2022 print issue as “A DIY Magnetometer.”.

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Creative Greenius is EV Driven

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So you can see that Climate Change , Environment , Standards , Solar and other such terms all relate heavily to Obama according to what people talk about. * In addition to Creative Greenius you’ll find these great EV Driven blogs: DIY Electric Car. The top of the page has the latest posts. Electric Car Blog. Green Car Congress.

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Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi to provide financial assistance for EV charging infrastructure in Japan

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In the current favorable environment of government subsidies for charger installation, the four automakers will actively encourage installation of both standard chargers and quick chargers. Large-scale shopping malls, DIY stores, etc. Overview of Financial Assistance Program for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure.

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The Further Adventures of The Solangelist

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Tags: solar tax credit renewable energy Howard Choy solar panels epiphany solar energy environment Community Development Department solangelist AB 811 City of Torrance Solar Living Institute inverter Sustainability AltE solar financing Governor Schwarzenegger Los Angeles County global warming climate change rooftop solar Not So Great Depression DIY (..)

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Video Friday: Humanoid Soccer

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His four-legged and wheeled robot is able to change shape within seconds, overcome steps and navigate between indoor and outdoor environments. Be the tiny DIY robot cat you’ve always wanted to be! Swiss-Mile ] Thanks, Marko! All of this is open source, and you can get it running on your own Nybble (which makes a great holiday gift!)

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