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Juicing Up the Chevy Volt with Raspberry Pi

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While Chevrolet’s innovative electric hybrid might officially be headed to that great big junkyard in the sky, the Volt will still live on in the hearts and minds of hackers who’d rather compare amp hour than horsepower. For a relatively low cost, a used Volt offers the automotive hacker a fascinating platform for upgrades and experimentation. One such Volt owner is [Jared Stafford], who’s recently made some considerable headway on hacking his hybrid ride.

In an ongoing series on his blog, [Jared] is documenting his efforts to add new features and functions to his Volt. While he loves the car …read more

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Goodbye Chevy Volt, The Perfect Car For A Future That Never Was

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A month ago General Motors announced plans to wind down production of several under-performers. At the forefront of news coverage on this are the consequences facing factories making those cars, and the people who work there. The human factor associated with the closing of these plans is real. But there is also another milestone marked by the cancellation of the Volt. Here at Hackaday, we choose to memorialize the soon-to-be-departed Chevrolet Volt. An obituary buried in corporate euphemisms is a whimper of an end for what was once their technological flagship car of the future.

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Charge Your EV The Portable Way

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[Andrew Rossignol] has a slightly unusual plug-in hybrid vehicle, a Cadillac ELR, and his latest project for the car sees him building a battery-powered portable mains charging pack for it in an attempt to increase its range. If this seems to be a rather cumbersome exercise, his write-up details the work he put in trying to hook up directly to the car’s internal battery, and how a 4 kW mains inverter and an off-the-shelf mains charging station were the most practical alternative.

His first impulse was to hook a second supply to the car’s high voltage bus from a supplementary …read more

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Cynet Wants to Help Resource-Constrained Organizations with a Holistic SaaS Security Platform

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Cybersecurity company Cynet recently announced the release of a SaaS version of its security platform, Cynet 360. Designed to help organizations with limited security resources, Cynet brings a unified defense across endpoints, network, files and users…. Continue reading Cynet Wants to Help Resource-Constrained Organizations with a Holistic SaaS Security Platform→

This Cup Holder Crystal Ball Tells Your MPG Future

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Hybrid vehicles, which combine an eco-friendly electric motor with a gasoline engine for extended range, are becoming more and more common. They’re a transitional technology that delivers most of the advantages of pure electric vehicles, but without the “scary” elements of electric vehicle ownership which are still foreign to consumers such as installing a charger in their home. But one element which hybrids are still lacking is a good method for informing the driver whether they’re running on petroleum or lithium; a way to check at a glance how “green” their driving really is.

[Ben Kolin] and his daughter [Alyssa] …read more

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Amazon Announces AWS Storage Gateway Hardware Appliance

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Amazon recently announced a new AWS Storage Gateway hardware appliance that can be used to connect an organization’s existing on-premise hardware configurations to various AWS services.

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Amazon Announces Several AWS Storage Gateway Updates

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Amazon recently announced several updates to the AWS Storage Gateway service. This is a product that was designed to serve as an interface between on-site and AWS cloud storage.

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Hybrid Lab Power Supply From Broken Audio Amp

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The lab power supply is an essential part of any respectable electronics workbench. However, the cost of buying a unit that has all the features required can be eye-wateringly high for such a seemingly simple device. [The Post Apocalyptic Inventor] has showed us how to build a quality bench power supply from the guts of an old audio amplifier.

We’ve covered our fair share of DIY power supplies here at Hackaday, and despite this one being a year old, it goes the extra mile for a number of reasons. Firstly, many of the expensive and key components are salvaged from …read more

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Teams Now Captures Compliance Records for Hybrid and Guest Users

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Teams Compliance Pipeline

Teams is now able to capture compliance records for contributions to private chats by users with on-premises Exchange mailboxes in a hybrid Office 365 organization. The new mechanism uses “phantom mailboxes” in the cloud to hold the compliance records for on-premises users. You must register your tenant to be able to use the special GUI for the Security and Compliance Center, but PowerShell can find these records now.

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Choosing the Right DDoS Solution – Part IV: Hybrid Protection

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This is the last part of the blog series exploring the various alternatives for protection against DDoS attacks, and how to choose the optimal solution for you. The first part of this series covered premise-based hardware solutions, the second part di… Continue reading Choosing the Right DDoS Solution – Part IV: Hybrid Protection→