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Power Pioneer Invents New All-Polymer Battery That’s 90% Cheaper Than Lithium-Ion… But It Has Some Possible Downsides

2020-07-10 Danie

Horie’s innovation is to replace the battery’s basic components — metal-lined electrodes and liquid electrolytes — with a resin construction. He says this approach dramatically simplifies and speeds up manufacturing, making it as easy as […]

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DIY Open Source Stream Deck (Typically Used By YouTubers) Does It Without Touch Screens

2020-07-09 Danie

Adam Welch has built macro pads in the past out of pre-fab key matrices and handfuls of Cherry MX clones. But all the stickers and custom keycaps in the world wouldn’t make those macro pads […]

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Many hand sanitisers falsely claim to be SABS-approved – standards are voluntary but SANS 490 and SANS 1853 are desired ones

2020-07-09 Danie

A recent investigation by SciCorp Laboratories revealed that almost half of hand sanitisers do not comply with government regulations that they should contain at least 70% alcohol. For this investigation, 11 hand sanitisers were tested. […]

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Home router warning: They’re riddled with known flaws and run ancient, unpatched Linux because most OEMs do not apply the patches

2020-07-08 Danie

Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Communication (FKIE) has carried out a study involving 127 home routers from seven brands to check for the presence of known security vulnerabilities in the latest firmware. The results are appalling. […]

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EU Diesel Drivers Burn 100× More Palm Oil Than All Oreo Cookies In World – Ban diesel, not cookies if you want to make a real difference

2020-07-08 Danie

Junk food is well known for containing a lot of palm oil. If you’re concerned about deforestation from palm oil (a huge issue for our atmosphere as well as biodiversity), you have probably seen the […]

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LinkedIn will let you upload audio clips to tell people how to pronounce your name – Users can record 10 seconds of audio to guide pronunciation

2020-07-08 Danie

The recordings can only be added via LinkedIn’s mobile apps on Android and iOS, but playback is accessible on both mobile and desktop. To add a recording, simply head to your profile on a mobile […]

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South Africa’s CSIR has developed a locally-produced ventilator in collaboration with a number of South African partners for COVID-19

2020-07-08 Danie

According to the CSIR, the first batch of ventilators will be provided to state hospitals around the country that are experiencing issues due to the unavailability of equipment to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. These […]

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Crackdown fears make Signal Mesenger Hong Kong’s most downloaded mobile app – Don’t wait until a crackdown happens though to install

2020-07-08 Danie

There are some great apps like Signal but also peer-to-peer apps like Briar, Manyverse, Jami and others which communicate directly across Bluetooth and/or Wifi without the Internet. If the Google Play Store is censored or […]

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This is another way ham radio operators use technology to assist with search and rescue in wilderness areas

2020-07-08 Danie

This video shows how APRS trackers are used to show exactly where the rescue teams currently are, and what areas have already been covered. Radio is used for this as the terrain is often in […]

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GPS is but one standard, there is also BeiDou-3, Galileo, GLONASS, NAVIC and QZSS

2020-07-08 Danie

A few weeks ago, China launched the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 satellite positioning system. Didn’t know that China had its own GPS? How about Europe’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS, or Japan’s QZSS? There’s a whole […]

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