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Understand EV charging “levels, connectors, rates, and mileage”

  Understand EV charging “levels, connectors, rates, and mileage”  A quick guide to all types of electric car charging, from Level 1 home charging to Level 3 fast charging. Electric Vehicle Charging Levels The automotive engineering organization SAE International outlines three levels of EV charging: Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3. Level 1 adds two to four (2-4) miles of range per hour of charging. Level 1 charging is the slowest and easiest using a typical household 120V outlet and charging equipment is included with new electric cars.  Level 2 adds twelve to thirty-two (12–32) miles of range per hour of charging. Level 2 charging may use a standard 3-prong household driver plug or may require a home charging unit . Level 2 operates at 240 volts. A typical 240-volt, 24-amp unit can put out about 6.0 kW of continuous power. But the fastest possible Level 2 charging is at 80 amps, or 19.2 kW, making it more than three times faster. The hardware on your car dictate...
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Robots collaborating on the moon!

Did you know that NASA has a program for Robots Collaborating on the moon? They do and its called CADRE - Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration - and its scheduled for late fall 2025. I am psyched to watch the missions play out! Read about it here:  https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/cadre
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Envisioning the future . . . the year 2100

  Working on your long-term plan? Read this . . . https://curiousmatrix.com/what-will-the-world-look-like-in-2100/
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The "Google Maps effect"

Are you experiencing the "Google Maps effect?”  That's the reality whereby we all drive places listening to our phones spoken directions but have no idea where we are because we never looked at the map.
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Tip - Scan to PDF using your phone

 Its easy to send an easy-to-read PDF of pages from printed documents, books, or a handwritten document or form using your phone to scan one or many pages to a single PDF file. How to scan on iPhone https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210336 How to scan on Android https://support.google.com/drive/answer/3145835 #techtips
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Andy Weir's Lost Sols

 If you liked The Martian, check out Andy Weir's Lost Sols here: galactanet.com/lostsols.pdf from Andy Weir’s post
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Orbiting Solar Sunshade Makes the New York Times!

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 NYTimes: Could a Giant Parasol in Outer Space Help Solve the Climate Crisis? A team that's pursuing a proof of concept orbiting solar sunshade makes the New York Times! https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/climate/sun-shade-climate-geoengineering.html
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