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Tesla releases list of battery material suppliers, confirms long-term nickel deal with Vale

May 6, 2022
Tesla has released a list of direct battery material suppliers and confirmed that it has a long-term nickel deal with Vale, the world’s largest nickel producer. There’s currently a race to secure battery materials in order to support the rapid growth of the EV industry. Several players in the industry have been raising the alarm that there are going to be massive shortages of some of the key…
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CATL reportedly vetting sites for US battery production to support BMW and Ford

May 6, 2022
A recent report states that global battery conglomerate CATL is in the final stages of vetting potential sites to bring EV battery production to the US. The move would mark the company’s first entry into the second largest automotive market in the world, and the new facilities would provide cells to BMW AG and Ford Motor Company for their EV production stateside. Contemporary Amperex…
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Building a Wet Plate Frankenstein Camera and Shooting Ghost Photos

May 6, 2022
Photographer Corrine Gretton-West booked a wet plate workshop with me before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Two years later we were finally able to do it. The main subject was to get comfortable with the wet collodion process and to create images similar to the ones of spirit photographer William H. Mumler. Mr. Mumler created images (probably double exposures) where his clients could take a picture…
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Samsung has updated these devices to Android 12

May 6, 2022
Android 12 is still a very new version of the platform, but Samsung is launching the update for its Galaxy devices less than a month after Google’s own Pixel phones. More devices will be updated over the coming months, and Samsung has confirmed a preliminary list of devices that will be updated. This article will be continuously updated with new devices as rollouts begin. Table of…
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