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Have you ever wanted to run a 240V Mini-split heat pump in an RV? There is a way. Most RV's are running 120V only appliances. So how do you run something on 240V, while staying safe. Remember, you can't short out 240V lines when using adaptors fo

With lithium-ion batteries serving as the engine room for so much of the modern world, from phones and laptops, to electric cars and planes, every scientific breakthrough that improves their performance is an important one.

What WOULD a base on Mars look like? Imaginative concepts including a 3D-printed building with a 55-inch TV, fitness room and areas to grow crops show how humans could one day live on the Red Planet

Now that Amazon's Rivian Electric van is out on the job, people are seeing it up close.

Musk has five teenage sons and a toddler, and education is very important to him.

In science fiction stories about contact with extraterrestrial civilisations, there is a problem:

Although using a snow blower may be easier than shovelling, even pushing a blower around can be tiring if you have a large area to clear.

In the early 90s, Mark and Jen Shepard bought a degraded corn farm in Viola, Wisconsin, and began to slowly convert it from row-crops back to a native oak savanna that would become one of the most productive perennial farms in the country.

Winter temperatures in Alliance, Nebraska can drop to -20°F (the record low is -40°F/C), but retired mailman Russ Finch grows oranges in his backyard greenhouse without paying for heat. Instead, he draws on the earth's stable temperature (around 52

Using a patient's own white blood cells, doctors reprogramed them to better identify and attack the cancerous cells which cause multiple myeloma.

3D Printing Solid State Batteries? Explained.

The company will target Porsche as it moves away from Volvo platforms, too.

For around a decade, scientists researching Parkinson's disease have been probing a pathway involved in the way brain cells process energy, and now a mystery around the role of a particular protein has been solved.

DARPA has awarded Phase 2 contracts in its Manta Ray program, which aims to build a series of underwater drones capable of taking on long-range, long-endurance, autonomous ocean missions without any human support for charging, maintenance or logistic

This all-electric 4x4 off-road concept has a monster battery pack, a brutally angular and military look that borrows heavily from the Cybertruck, and pop-out solar panels for off-grid charging.

Polarization-insensitive metasurface lenses (metalenses) sort primary colors on high-density pixels without the use of color filters.

In more news you can use before Christmas, here's another cheap easy way to put the brakes on Covid -- this time with the antiseptic Povidone-Iodine (PVP).

These hempcrete blocks are a green building material made with a hemp-lime insulation mixture packed around a biocomposite structural frame. They can be stacked like bricks to build walls up to 30 feet high and they become the insulation and the str

Yale University researchers have developed a novel vaccine that in guinea pigs offers protection against infection by the bacterium that causes Lyme disease and may also combat other tick-borne diseases.

History's largest real world evidence study, consisting of nearly 3,000 participants, has just produced some stunning results on the use of commercially-available -- off-the-shelf-anyone-can-buy-them-right-now -- cannabidiol (CBD) products.

Inspired by the potter wasp, an Italian architecture firm has used 3D printing to make the domed, beehive-like structure of a house out of zero-emissions clay in the hope of showing what heights of sustainability can be reached with the technology.

A biocompatible, antimicrobial adhesive for corneal repair and grafting could replace sutures and conventional adhesives that have bad side effects.

How do you check how old tires are and how old can tires be before they go bad?

Quick update: 24V EG4 batteries are in stock w/ free shipping (usually costs $250+).

(Natural News) German bureaucrats have declared the Telegram messaging app to be a threat to "democracy" and a "hotbed of radicalization" because some people use it to organize protests against Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) fascism.

Construction of a simple HHO generator, made of stainless steel washers and a water bottle.

French company Airseas has installed its first half-size automated Seawing kite to a cargo ship chartered by Airbus, and will commence six months of trials in January.

Hyundai unveils a four-wheeled robot that's designed to carry almost ANYTHING - including parcels, babies and trays of drinks

"Skynet" microchip breakthrough announced that will ENSLAVE humanity with AI cyberlords… the end of humanity approaches

Pictured: The amazing floating five-star hotel in Dubai with motorised luxury villas attached by pontoons that can chug off to new locations (and each has its own private infinity pool)

A huge new deposit of water has been discovered on Mars in a formation often called the Red Planet's Grand Canyon.

This is the official channel of the Tuttle Twins TV series. Tween twins, a crazy granny & a time-traveling wheelchair. This is a show that teaches kids principles of freedom and government. Fasten your dentures. Let's make this grow faster than the n

How does a mobile phone work? What is the technology involved? Why do some phones not work for some carriers? Why can't Linux people easily build phones? What is the effect of China on phone security? Who can spy on the phone? And lots more.

California startup H2 Clipper wants to bring back hydrogen-filled airships, claiming they can unlock completely green intercontinental cargo operations carrying 8-10 times the payload of any cargo plane over 6,000 miles, at a quarter of the price.

IBM and Samsung Electronics jointly announced a breakthrough in semiconductor design utilizing a new vertical transistor architecture that demonstrates a path to scaling beyond nanosheet, and has the potential to reduce energy usage by 85 percent com

Prof. Ami Schattner: "Initial results are promising to say the least."

Meet Ascento Pro! Incredible two-wheeled autonomous robot can climb UP full flights of stairs and drive at speeds of up to 7.5mph

-- on Their Own

The Rimac Nevera Is A Game Changer For Hypercars, DeMuro Says

Trained as an engineer, but with no construction experience, he educated himself on everything from plumbing to wiring to photovoltaic installation and spent the following year or so building his home inside the empty metal cab.

The feeling you experience when flying the Jetson ONE through the forest is unreal. The excitement and thrills are phenomenal, far more incredible than what you have seen in sci-fi Hollywood blockbusters.

Today we test out our solar panel reflector design. We start with an overview of possible reflector technologies and then compare two identical solar panels but one has the reflector panels installed.

I talked about Spinlaunch a few years ago, they wanted to reduce space launch costs by throwing the launch vehicles out of a spinning launcher at hypersonic speeds. I was somewhat skeptical as to the chances of solving the engineering problems inhere

Barcelona startup Stark Future has launched this absolute weapon of an electric dirt bike, "to show that electric technology is superior to gasoline by outperforming all traditional motocross models available."

Researchers at a lab owned by the U.S. government have passed a crucial milestone on the way to their ultimate goal of achieving self-sustaining nuclear fusion.

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How I'm running my electric fence for my sheep very inexpensively using a temporary polywire line, netting, and geared reels. This can work for any animal species.

While there are a lot of food acquisition tools out there, they're not all created equally. Some are better than others and some flat-out don't work for most people.