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The use and abuse of CT scanners https://media.ccc.de/v/emf2018-65-the-use-and-abuse-of-ct-sc... Truly fascinating talk about the capability of CT scanners, not in a medical enviro…

> Inactive accounts may be renamed or removed by GitHub staff at their discretion. 1. Github rename Void Linux to Void2 Linux as per above policy. 2. Register Void Linux to existin…

No Leaf has active cooling, including the latest 40kWh Gen4.

Take a look at this talk from CCC. https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7331-the_exhaust_emissions_scand...

Some product descriptions continue to state that maps on the devices will update multiple times a year "for the lifetime of your device". On its website, TomTom explains that "life…

A lovely new apartment complex in the centre of Cheltenham has 10-15 shop fronts available, every single one is empty. Quite astonishing as the apartments seem very popular.

It's more to reduce degradation - lithium batteries don't like being at 80% state of charge. If you never let them get there, they will last a lot longer.

Really like the look of this. Need to know whether it'll get software support. Also nervous about backing it, anybody know any history of the guys developing it?

From my understanding, the LEAF has a primitive battery management system compared to other EVs, including passive air cooling of the battery. Lithium batteries are fussy about tem…

This doesn't make sense. By that logic, a lithium battery the size of a house wouldn't be able to power an LED. If you have two lithium batteries which are identical with the excep…

Yes, changing chemistries does change the energy/power density ratio. However I was referring to within a single chemistry. Hence why the higher capacity Teslas have higher perform…

With an electric drivetrain, it's easy to go for high power. As the battery capacity increases, so does the maximum available current. This means that maximum power scales with max…

I first saw this on the Audi A1 e-tron concept; it was a 250cc wankel for the range extender. I thought that was the future when I saw it, and here I am now with a Vauxhall Ampera …

I had this same problem almost exactly a year ago. I now have a Surface Pro 3. I wanted a decent CPU, high res screen, , good build, long battery life and small chassis. Then I cho…