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    For Sale: Ferrari V10 Formula 1 engine

    Well it makes a change from all the Black Friday / Cyber Monday emails flooding my inbox.... Ferrari 835 bhp, 3.0-liter 90-degree V-10 engine 2002 Designed by Paolo Martinelli, the Ferrari Tipo 051/B/C engine was the heart of one of the most successful Formula 1 cars of all time, the F2002...
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    The "Shared Rural Network", better 4G (and possibly 5G) coverage for rural areas....

    Was just checking some stuff on the Ofcom website and came across this article posted last month. In particular the bit about the "shared rural network", was interesting if they can hold them to account to deliver it...
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    ANPR cameras for gates

    Any recommendations on here for ANPR cameras? Gates are already electric so just need a dry relay output and the smarts / plate database within the camera unit TIA
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    DIY Farm Technology Rises: Brian Tischler’s Open-Source Vision

    Great article here about Brian Tischler @Briantee https://www.agprofessional.com/article/diy-farm-technology-rises-brian-tischlers-open-source-vision DIY Farm Technology Rises: Brian Tischler’s Open-Source Vision by:- Chris Bennett It should have been his final year to sow seed, manage...
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    Segway electric dirt bikes

    Not like the Segways of old thats for sure...
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    Alerts not appearing (have to force a page refresh)

    Is there a fix for this in the pipeline? Tis a bit clunky that you have to manually refresh the page to see the alerts pop up.
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    New Kubota M8 series

    As per the discussion in the old thread, being built in Canada together with Versatile. Probably be launched in Europe at Agritechnica in November.
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    More low cost RTK receivers

    The floodgates apparently opened with the announcement of the u-blox ZED-F9P chip at the end of last year. Now there are ever more low-cost and decently high-spec RTK capable receivers hitting the market. In addition to the Ardusimple RTK boards and Emlid Reach RS2 we also have the Drotek F9P...
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    Kubota - Why full page ad’s in the Financial Times?

    Appeared on page 7 of the Weekend FT last Saturday. That won’t be cheap! (a publication I wouldn’t necessarily associate with a tractor manufacturer...wonder what the connection/thinking is there? Perhaps they are planning fund raising, diversification or just raising their public profile...)
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    New 700 series Fendt

    More interested to find out if they're going to fit MAN engines and new Vario box like the just announced new 900 series. But for now there's only news of (lots) more screens or options to fit...and looks like someone at AGCO discovered a new use for the Valtra parts bin. Kinda feels like...
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    Samcrac and some clever ECU repair guys

    For sheer entertainment value, I’ve been following Samcrac exploits with his Copart salvage sourced Cinderella’s... This episode where he gets the ECUs of his latest “wrecked” Ferrari 360 sorted, made me wonder how good these after market electronics repairs guys are now: reverse engineering...
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    Pray you don’t get any wealthy Russian buy a plot next door...

    https://www.gpsworld.com/jammers-at-dachas-add-to-russias-ability-to-silence-gps/ :ROFLMAO::p
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    Ransomware: companies getting blackmailed in the tens of millions...and paying!

    Seems it’s mostly kept hushed up....but someone’s paying the barstewards. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-48707033/ransomware-cyber-attacks-are-targeting-large-companies-and-demanding-huge-payments
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    Smart Food Label Cuts Wastage

    Interesting article below. Anything to help I suppose in cutting down the massive amount of good food that gets needlessly thrown out.... (I tend to just ignore any label and use my nose ;)) Smart Food Label Cuts Wastage Smart Food Label Cuts Wastage The best-before date printed on perishable...
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    “Challenger” with 1400 wide rears and 1000 fronts

    Just caught this on Twitter....
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    The beast from Milwaukee

    just thought I’d remind the Milwaukee brotherhood that the 1-inch 18v Fuel cordless impact will be in stock stateside from middle of the month. $699 for the bare tool or $999 (USD) for the kit. I’ll just leave it at that.:D...
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    JCA Electronics “Vireo” tablet based ISOBUS virtual terminal

    Another tablet based ISOBUS virtual terminal app in the same vein as the Claas Easy ISOBUS app. These guys are Canadian based. Not sure if anyone is reselling it in Europe or Oz/Enzed yet. http://www.jcaelectronics.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/JCA-Vireo-Info-Sheet.pdf
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    Auction: Superwinch in Administration

    Looks like Superwinch have gone into administration. Workshop gear and stock winches going under the hammer... https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/sia-group-auctions/catalogue-id-ibsia10189
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    Doosan pioneers 5G comms for 360 “teleoperation”

    Excavator controlled in Germany digs in Korea Doosan is this week demonstrating the use of 5G communications technology to remotely control an excavator in South Korea from a trade show booth in Germany. From a trade show booth in Munich, an excavator in Incheon is put to work The...
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    Warning PayPal text message scam

    Please be aware if you receive a text message that looks like this.... Although you may see “paypal.com” at first glance, the message is pure fakery and not PayPal at all. Simply another phishing exercise designed to relieve you of your login email and password. Please be careful.
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