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Russia Might Have Space-Based GPS Jamming Capabilities
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (271+ words) Jalopnik Russia Might Have Space-Based GPS Jamming Capabilities The idea that a country could knock out satellite navigation across an entire continent sounds like something ripped from the plot of a James Bond movie or a Tom Clancy novel. However,…...
Choosing Between Apple Air Tags And GPS Trackers For Your Vehicle
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (522+ words) Jalopnik Choosing Between Apple Air Tags And GPS Trackers For Your Vehicle So you want to secure your car or your motorcycle, but you're torn between the options: In one corner, the pay-once-use-it-forever Apple Airtag; in the other, a monthly…...
The Reason Power Lines Have Orange Balls Is Almost As Interesting As How They Get There
1+ week, 3+ day ago (495+ words) Jalopnik The Reason Power Lines Have Orange Balls Is Almost As Interesting As How They Get There The sun is shining and the open road beckons. So, you pack up your car for a road trip and leave your day-to-day…...
Company Combines Lidar And Cameras Into One Unit To Tackle Self-Driving Car's Biggest Problems
3+ week, 4+ day ago (151+ words) Jalopnik Company Combines Lidar And Cameras Into One Unit To Tackle Self-Driving Car's Biggest Problems Cameras and lidar are what enable autonomous driving systems to perceive the environment around them. That is, except for in the case of Tesla, which…...
A Different Kind Of 'Drone Strike': A Passenger Airliner Reported Hitting A Consumer UAV
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (429+ words) Jalopnik A Different Kind Of 'Drone Strike': A Passenger Airliner Reported Hitting A Consumer UAV On a recent flight from San Francisco to San Diego, United flight 1980 reported to air traffic control that it might have hit a drone at…...
Why 3 D Printing Is Becoming Invaluable For At-Home Car Repair
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (275+ words) Enter the world of 3 D printing. It's a technology that works by reading a digital'computer-aided design'(CAD) file, then printing objects in three dimensions by depositing material layer by layer onto a flat surface. 3 D printing is moving from a…...
AI Data Center Demand May Cause A New Chip Shortage That Will Affect Auto Manufacturing, Again
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (422+ words) One thing the pandemic chip shortage made clear is how much the auto industry relies on microchips. We (mostly) narrowly avoided another one last year, but now an 800-pound gorilla is threatening the. .. AI Data Center Demand May Cause A…...
Seiko's $1, 150 Datsun 240 Z Watch Is Neat, But You Can Do Better
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (733+ words) Perhaps my greatest source of shame is the fact that I'm a watch guy. What can I say? I like having a pretty, shiny thing on my wrist that tells the time without also telling me how many unread emails....
Hyundai Turned An Ioniq 9 Into A Mobile Seed Bomb Drone Station
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (323+ words) Nick has been writing about and for cars, video games, and science-fiction for over 15 years. He wrote for Machinima starting in 2008 and was the lead writer for their history show "All Your History" for most of its run. . Hyundai Turned…...
This Costco Dash Cam Tackles So Many Pain Points, Why Do Reviewers Hate It?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (579+ words) Jalopnik This Costco Dash Cam Tackles So Many Pain Points, Why Do Reviewers Hate It? The Nextbase i Q 2 K Smart Dash Cam + Rear Window Camera Bundle from Costco appears to have it all. Not only can it cover the…...