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Submission + - Nissan Leaf electric cars hack vulnerability disclosed (bbc.com)

Submitted by GWBasic on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @10:56AM

GWBasic writes: Some of Nissan's Leaf cars can be easily hacked, allowing their heating and air-conditioning systems to be hijacked, according to a prominent security researcher. Mr Hunt said the root of the problem was that the firm's NissanConnect app needed only a car's vehicle identification number (Vin) to take control.

Submission + - Silicon Valley Startup ships $1 / Watt solar panel (andrewrondeau.com)

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GWBasic

on Thursday December 20, 2007 @03:10PM

GWBasic writes: "At $1 per Watt, the iTunes of Solar Energy Has Arrived A Silicon Valley start-up called Nanosolar shipped its first solar panels — priced at $1 a watt. That's the price at which solar energy gets cheaper than coal. While other companies have been focusing their efforts on increasing the efficiency of solar panels, Nanosolar took a different approach. It focused on manufacturing."

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