In 2016, Amazon.com made more money from AWS, Amazon Web Services than from retail sales. Jeff Bezos approved the idea of experimenting with Amazon infrastructure in 2004, but AWS only became commercially available in 2006. In many ways, AWS is a refinement of the infrastructure that Amazon built for its own operations. Principle 6 –…
There’s a starman waiting in the sky SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy with the now-famous payload of Starman (a mannequin in a SpaceX-designed spacesuit) in Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster. Test flights usually are sent up with payloads of negligible value like concrete or steel blocks, since there is the high likelihood of the…
So many batteries Tesla cars are renowned for their huge lithium ion batteries under their floor. Less well known is the fact that they also have a 12-volt lead acid battery, too. Why 12 volts? 12 volt electrical systems have been used in cars since the 1950s. Headlights, turn signals, seat adjustment motors and heaters,…