Adding extra battery capacity to hybrids is becoming pretty common, but this one is better than the average lead acid trunk fest. The pack was built from three prius NiMH packs picked up from salvage yards. These batteries can’t simply be bolted together, but with some research and effort you can save some nickel from the junk yards and cut … Read the rest
Hack your prius with prius batteries
May 7, 2008 By 7 Comments
Maker Faire 2008: Electric motorcycles
May 7, 2008 By 7 Comments
Builder [Justin Gray] brought a pair of electric motorcycles to Maker Faire last weekend. Pictured above is the R84, which has 28 LiFePo cells and an 84v AC induction drive providing 54HP. All of that is stuffed in a 2000 Yamaha R1 frame. You can buy it now for $14,000.… Read the rest
GPL vs. Skype back in court
May 7, 2008 By 18 Comments
UPDATE: Skype has withdrawn their appeal and accepted the original judgment.
Tomorrow the High District Court of Munich will hear Skype argue against the validity of the GPL. Last June, the court issued an injunction against Skype for selling the SMC WSKP 100, a Linux-based WiFi VoIP phone. After the initial GPL violation, a flier with the URL … Read the rest
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