fancy a D.I.Y Segway?

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CJWJ
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fancy a D.I.Y Segway?

Post by CJWJ »

I think i'm slowly being known as the boardmember who posts weird findings, but heck (heck?) here goes:

This guy pulled it off. Building your own Segway using off the shelf parts.
It's a light read, the guy has a good sense of humor, and he gives lots of links to similar (two wheel balancing) projects.

http://www.tlb.org/scooter.html

Greets, Jaco Sloof
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Post by NES_fanatic »

This shows the early version of the dead man's switch, which really is not adequate. I found this out when I fell off, but the wire pulled apart instead of yanking out the connector. When it pulled apart, the exposed strands ended up touching to complete the circuit and keep it going. Fortunately, a safety feature in the software shut it down before it ran over my head.
Bwahahahaha!
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Post by MaDnEsS »

i like it when the kids are trying to catch up with him stupid kid nothing can out run a sagway :D
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Post by Sparkfist »

Ahh Maddox at maddox.xmission.com had that up over two years ago.
vskid wrote:Nerd = likes school, does all their homework, dies if they don't get 100% on every assignment
Geek = likes technology, dies if the power goes out and his UPS dies too

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Post by soundwave »

I saw this sooo long ago.

Bam! Old news! You lose!
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