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Electric Bike - WIP

By Scheda

March 16, 2010
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Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48476919@N08/sets/72157623504149065/ 

I'm starting work on an electric bicycle. I put an ad on Craigslist last night for a bike in any shape - and ended up getting two bikes for $20 that are in pretty good shape. One is missing a pedal... but that's all.

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Turning my RC Jeep into a robot...

By Scheda

March 10, 2010
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A few weeks back I bought an RC Jeep at Walgreens with the intention of turning it into a nice little bot. However, when I took it apart and realized that it was all surface mounted parts, my heart sank a bit as I don't really know what I'm doing...

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Finally ordered parts...

By Scheda

January 25, 2010
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Well, I finally ordered some parts again. This time from Solarbotics because of their support guarantee. Plus they've been really cool with emailing back and forth with me as of late.

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Good parts!

By Scheda

January 23, 2010
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I went to the pawn shop today and picked up an old RC car and a robot vacuum for $10 - total. Not a bad deal. I also go an old mouse and a book in that price.

The vacuum uses a bump sensor of some sort, I'm gonna take it apart and figure it all out. The RC car will probably have a brain installed one day. I just need to learn how to do all that first :)