Wear a helmet, rollerblades with attitude

All this time I kept thinking 'why hasn't his legs slipped out from under him' and then it hits me.

Wireless controller, more powerful custom-made motors, stronger frame, and with a name like DeathBlades, we can't think of a single reason why you would prefer heel treads, well everyone was young at one time. [Charleg] has been testing out a slightly new frame, despite having only half the motors necessary, and is getting great results hitting around 23Wh/mi. If you're looking to build your … [Read more...]

Wheels and weed whackers

Perhaps you've seen this image before: a young kid tooling around on a pair of inline skates, pushed forward by a weed whacker cycle. While the instructions for this device would seem fairly obvious (attach wheel to weed whacker) the writeup appears to be nonexistent. If you have any information, do let us know, but in the meantime, enjoy these other weed whacker powered projects. … [Read more...]

Roller-Walker (skating) robot

[Max T] sent in this interesting robot design. I dig the combo motion design. The legs can walk, or the wheels flip out time machine style to roll the robot around. Rather than power the wheels, the legs are used to skate the robot around - like a human on skates. … [Read more...]