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PowerPipe - Drain-Water Heat Recovery Review

We recently had a chance to install a new water heater, and with it, to install a Drain-Water Heat Recovery system. I wanted to share our experience and some real numbers on the

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Pozotron Audiobook Proofing

Pozotron Audiobook Proofing

The latest startup I'm working on is Pozotron, an audiobook proofing tool.We've created software to help people who create audiobooks. Using Pozotron, you can quickly check that an audio recording matches the

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    Jake Poznanski

The Future of Self-Driving Cars: Remote Autonomy

**Update 2019: I wrote this a long time ago, I'm not sure about the feasibility of a safe autonomous car that depends on a remote operator. The general principle of labor ratio will

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    Jake Poznanski
How to install snow chains on a Tesla Model S

How to install snow chains on a Tesla Model S

I recorded a quick tutorial on how to install the Trak Sport tire chains on a Tesla. They really are much easier to install than traditional chains.

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    Jake Poznanski
Get a Discount with Smart-Prototyping

Get a Discount with Smart-Prototyping

If you are looking to make your PCB project a reality, I highly recommend the service at Smart-Prototyping. I've been using their service for all my boards in the past few years, and

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    Jake Poznanski
The best PCBA service for hobbyists

The best PCBA service for hobbyists

It's a great time to be developing your own circuit boards and electronics projects! There are so many excellent free tools out there, such as Upverter and CircuitMaker that let you design circuit

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    Jake Poznanski

Balancing Scooter Part 2 - Frame

One of the easiest ways to build up a mechanical frame is to use Aluminum Extrusions, which look something like this: This type of aluminum tubing is also known as T-Slotted Extrusion, for

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    Jake Poznanski
Balancing Scooter Part 1 - Motors

Balancing Scooter Part 1 - Motors

In this series of posts, I will present my adventure of building a self balancing scooter, similar to a Segway. This has become significantly easier in recent times because of the easy availability

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    Jake Poznanski
Self Driving RC Car Part 1 - The Basics
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Self Driving RC Car Part 1 - The Basics

If you are reading this, you may be interested in self driving cars. Indeed, in a few years, you may be a passenger in one yourself. If you can't wait and want to

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    Jake Poznanski
MK2 Torpedo Gyro

MK2 Torpedo Gyro

Introduction Before the days of MEMS gyroscopes and advanced electronics, engineers still had a need for stabilization in the systems they were controlling. One example of this was stabilizing torpedoes as they were

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    Jake Poznanski
Why do Google ads point to adware?

Why do Google ads point to adware?

Try downloading Paint.NET, an excellent free image editor, or Audacity, an open source audio editor, without an adblocker these days, and you’re in for quite a surprise. A disturbing trend in

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    Jake Poznanski
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Background Loading in XNA

Introduction If you are developing an XNA game for Windows Phone 7, you probably want an effective way to load your game’s content in the background while still presenting a screen to

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    Jake Poznanski
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Speeding up XNA Content Load

Introduction Update: For new projects I would suggest using Monogame and its new content pipeline tool If you’ve been doing any XNA development for Windows Phone 7, you may have noticed that

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    Jake Poznanski

Debugging Behind the Iron Curtain

Sergei is a veteran of the early days of the computing industry as it was developing in the Soviet Union. I had the pleasure of working and learning from him over the past

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    Jake Poznanski
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