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Forget lithium batteries: Scientists built a dirt-powered fuel cell that runs forever

A sensor buried in a farm field has two ways to stay powered. A battery that will die. Or a solar panel that will get caked ...

Amazon is selling an OBD2 scanner for $39 that can tell you exactly why your check engine ...

The Ancel AD410 OBD2 Scanner is on sale at Amazon for 22% off, and one shopper called it a "good tool for troubleshooting." ...
BGR

That Circle On Your Car's Dashboard Is Actually A Sensor – Here's What It Does

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Have you ever wondered what that strange-looking circle on your car dashboard is for? You know, the one that's placed just below your ...
Interesting Engineering

Orange-sized roadside radar ‘eyes’ aim to reduce self-driving vehicle blind spots

Newly designed orange-sized sensor called EyeDAR.Jared Jones/Rice University Researchers at Rice University have developed EyeDAR, a compact, orange-sized radar sensor for safety in autonomous vehicle ...
USA Today

Your car's tire pressure sensor can fail. What to do if it does.

Most modern cars have tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS), which will alert you if your tires need air. While most of the readings they give are accurate, they can still fail like any other part ...
TechCrunch

Peripheral Labs taps into self-driving car sensors to bring sports fans right into the game

Multiple reports suggest that live sports viewing has declined for certain sports, especially among Gen Z. To solve this, leagues and broadcasters are trying to make sports more engaging for fans with ...
SlashGear

Can You Clean A Car's O2 Sensor? (And Why You Might Need To)

I live in New Jersey, one of the states that mandates inspection for all vehicles newer than 1995. My daily driver, a Jeep Cherokee, happens to be a 1996 model year with an OBD-II sensor, meaning I ...