Using a bit of tech to make up for a lack of skill is a time-honoured tradition, otherwise known as cheating among those who acquired the skill the hard way. Learning to wheelie manual a skateboard is usually paid for in bruises, but [blezalex] got around that by letting his electric skateboard handle the balancing act. At…
Kim Pimmel is a designer, photographer, and inventor who just made one of the most amazing pet products I’ve seen to date. The DIY project saw Pimmel design and build a custom electric skateboard for his cat to ride around the house. A small treat is placed into a throttle lever, which is pulled by the feline…
The Raspberry Pi is incredibly versatile, I think we can all agree on that. One of the best single-board computers out there by a mile, we never fail to be astounded at the power and flexibility of the RP. For instance, we recently saw the RP in tablet form – something we hadn’t witnessed before….
[youtube id=”XpYjn9-xgvY” width=”620″ height=”360″] We have already seen many motorized versions of “human traction” transport means: bicycles and scooters, for example, or even some skateboard, but surely we lacked the motorized skateboard controlled by a smartphone. Well, now we have found it! It is a dedicated project, which combines the motorized version of the popular…
Help this genuinely innovative and exciting project created by some young students! The target is pretty high so they definitely need your support: Pivot is an electronic platform enabling skaters to learn, share, develop games, and connect in new ways. What is pivot? Pivot is open source trick tracking hardware designed specifically for freestyle skateboarding….
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