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A standard part of travel kit for the 2020s is now a battery pack — a hefty lithium-ion cell with onboard electronics for USB charging, that ensures all of our …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: DIY Brushless Hand Cranked Generator
When looking at integrating a photovoltaic solar panel into a project, the naive assumption would be that you simply point the panel into the general direction of where the Sun …read more Continue reading Maximum Power Point Tracking: Optimizing Solar Panels
Watering the garden is important to do regularly if you want your plants to thrive. [Nikodem Bartnik] built a system to handle it for him, keeping his garden on the …read more Continue reading Watering The Garden With A Solar-Powered System
When it comes to renewable energy, there are many great sources. Whether it’s solar, wind, or something else, though, we need a lot of it. Factories around the globe are …read more Continue reading Dead Solar Panels Are The Hottest New Recyclables
For those who don’t mind constantly adding tiny but measurable amounts of microplastics to their landscaping, string trimmers are an excellent way of maintaining edging around garden beds, trimming weeds, …read more Continue reading Weed Eater String Made From Plastic Bottles
Preparing food is the fourth most energy-intensive activity in a household. While there has been a lot of effort on the first three — space heating, water heating, and electrical …read more Continue reading Same Taste With Less Energy: Optimizing The Way We Cook Food
Where today we talk broadly of climate change and it’s various effects, the conversation was once simpler. We called it “global warming” and fretted about cooking outside in the summer …read more Continue reading Sea Level Rise From Melting Ice Sheets Could Soon Be Locked In
If there’s one thing that never seems to suffer from supply chain problems, it’s litter. It’s everywhere, easy to spot and — you’d think — pick up. Sadly, most of …read more Continue reading Machine Learning Does Its Civic Duty by Spotting Roadside Litter
Are you one of those people who hoards cardboard for someday, and then periodically breaks it all down and puts it out for recycling because you haven’t done anything with …read more Continue reading Throw Out That Box? No, Build a Shelving Unit
While most of us have been content with swing and sliding doors for the vast majority of our needs around the home, the revolving door remains popular in a wide …read more Continue reading Revolving Doors Aren’t Just Annoying, They’re Energy Saving Too