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Saleen launches shady financing effort and teases modified Tesla vehicles again

Saleen Automotive has launched a new shady financing effort to bring the company back from the dead, and the legendary car tuner is dangling modified Tesla vehicles in the process again. Saleen’s troubled history Saleen is a California-based car tuning company founded by Steven Saleen, a former racing driver turned CEO. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it found some success tuning Ford…
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What does sustainable lithium mining look like?

Lithium is a vital component of EV batteries, and Winnipeg, Canada-headquartered Snow Lake Lithium says it’s committed to operating a fully renewable and sustainable lithium mine. What does that mean? Sustainable lithium mining in North America North America is home to just one active lithium mine, the Silver Peak mine in Clayton Valley, Nevada, and only recently, due to rising electric…
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The Nocturne App Uses an iPhone’s Camera to Reveal Celestial Objects

Unistellar, the company behind a series of consumer-focused telescope cameras, has updated its Nocturne iPhone app to allow it to identify constellations, galaxies, nebulae, and planets. Nocturne has been updated to version 2.0 and while the app is designed to work in tandem with Unistellar’s telescopes, it can also be used alone to identify celestial objects. Nocturne V2 integrates…
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Camera makers, can you hear me? It's time to take audio seriously

The Panasonic G100 has a clever three mic setup but no means of checking what they’re recording. It’s far from unique in this respect. Is this thing on? Can you hear me? I hope so, because I have something to say about camera audio, and I really want the camera companies to hear it: If you’re going to market a camera as being good for shooting video, it needs to have a means…
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