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Portable generators are not hard to use, but can be dangerous if you don’t consider these important safety guidelines.

Thanks to complicated networks of microphones taking over car audio systems, some features can't even be turned off in order ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and funding expert, and an educator of fintech ...

KOHLER backup generators automatically switch on in the event of a power outage. Generators help run electricity to your home for appliances, whole-home circuits, sump pumps, HVAC units and water ...

The Nissan e-Power hybrid system in the Qashqai I drove has been around for many years, but only in Europe and Japan. The Rogue Hybrid with e-Power that we will get later next year will have this ...

Abstract: Thermoelectric generators are efficient devices to recover energy from the automotive exhaust gas. In this paper, conversion efficiency of automotive thermoelectric generator (ATEG) and the ...

Abstract: Communication networks are difficult to model and predict because they have become very sophisticated and dynamic. We develop a reinforcement learning routing algorithm (RLRouting) to solve ...