Matterport: Should I Use iPhone Instead of iPad?
You can use the iPhone instead of the iPad Pro to scan using a Matterport camera. It works great– with a few caveats.
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Consumer Products
Tesla: Fun To Drive. Apparent Why It’s The King Of Recalls.
I had the opportunity to drive a Tesla Model 3 for the first time, through the verdant farm country of
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Vape eWaste Recycling: Showing The Business Math
The question I’ve gotten a lot in the process of planning this eWaste recycling program is, of course, “how much
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Vape Recycling: Handbuilt Lobbies State Senators To Regulate eWaste
Michiganders throw out hundreds of thousands of vapes each year, if not more. This is an environmental disaster, but one we can mitigate with better eWaste recycling.
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Bosch vs. DeWalt Power Tools: Customer Service Fail
It’s nice to imagine what it might look like to live in a world where companies assumed liability for their own products when those products break or create an undue threat of grievous bodily injury to the user. One of the two companies mentioned in this article did the right thing. One did not.
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Michigan, The New American Capital of… Weed?
Rollin’ down the Lodge, smokin’ indo, sippin’ that duly-regulated cannabis beverage. Laid back, with our minds on our excise tax revenue and our excise tax revenue on our minds.
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A Smart Speaker With ChatGPT, or, The Alexa We Were Promised
The introduction of the Amazon Echo in 2014 promised to transform the domestic experience forever. It’s barely usable. Where is ChatGPT?
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DeSantis, 1: Florida Law Enforcement: $200 Million In The Hole
Ron DeSantis’ ill-advised effort to purge the state of Chinese-made drone technology has had an unexpected effect on law enforcement and state agencies, who own hundreds of millions of dollars worth of technology that is now prohibited by state law.
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Disposable Vape Pens, The Next E-Waste Nightmare
Once upon a time, you bought weed in a back alley and would smoke cigarettes only to carry the stench with you for days. These days, pot is legally sold in what looks like the Apple Stores, and tobacco comes in a quick-dissipating haze that tastes like popsicles and fits in your pocket as a disposable vape pen. What could go wrong, right? Well, a couple of things, it turns out.
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Sidebar: Are Those Nicotine Vapes Actually Better Than Cigarettes?
Are nicotine vapes less awful for you than regular cigarettes? How about the THC ones? This article complements the environmental impact question around disposable nicotine and THC vape products by considering the individual health impacts.
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