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[Tom Stanton] is a fan of things like rubber band planes, and has built many of his own air-powered models over the years. Now, he’s built a model powered by …read more Continue reading Building a Rad Super Capacitor RC Plane
We all like to keep our network gear running during a power outage — trouble is, your standard consumer-grade uninterruptible power supply (UPS) tends to be overkill for routers and …read more Continue reading Open Source DC UPS Keeps the Low-Voltage Gear Going
Charging an EV currently means making sure you find a station with the right plug. SAE International has now published what could be the end to the mishmash of standards …read more Continue reading Tesla’s Plug Moves Another Step Closer To Dominance
Vehicle battery recycling is going to be a big deal with all the electric cars hitting the roads. What if you could do it more effectively with the power of …read more Continue reading Recycling Batteries with Bacteria
When you have a whole stack of devices and appliances that all have an AC to DC adapter and which you’d like to put on an uninterruptable power supply (UPS), …read more Continue reading Second Life UPS Mark II: A UPS For Low-Voltage DC Applications
If you’ve got a so-called uninterruptible power supply (UPS) on your system, you’re probably painfully aware that the “uninterruptible” part has some pretty serious limits. Most consumer units are designed …read more Continue reading Mods Turn Junk UPS into a Long-Endurance Beast
Power outages in the face of natural disasters or more mundane grid failures can range from a mild inconvenience to a matter of life or death if you depend on …read more Continue reading Sneakernet Power Transmission
It’s another one of those fun quirks about our increasingly cyberpunk world — instead of cigarette butts littering our streets, you’re more likely to find disposable vaporizers that have run …read more Continue reading Disposable Vape Batteries Turned USB Power Bank
Many readers will have at some time or another built their own lithium-ion battery packs, whether they are using tiny cells or the huge ones found in automotive packs. A …read more Continue reading A 48 Volt Battery Pack With Carefully Balanced Cells
The process of creating new battery chemistries that work better than existing types is a slow and arduous one. Not only does it know more failures than successes, it’s rare …read more Continue reading The Slow March Of Sodium-Ion Batteries To Compete With Lithium-Ion