Tear It Up Off-Road with this Motorized Tread Skateboard

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An off-road machine from Boston, the tread skateboard was tearing it up around World Maker Faire New York yesterday. Part snowblower, part battery, this deck can hit 20mph. It was designed, built, and ridden by Charles Guan, a member of The Miters from MIT.

12 thoughts on “Tear It Up Off-Road with this Motorized Tread Skateboard

  1. Tear It Up Off-Road with this Motorized Tread Skateboard Anonymous says:

    Hi Matt,

    I’m the builder. Might be helpful to include the vehicle’s website: http://www.etotheipiplusone.net/?page_id=1216 as it contains more specifications and links to the build report (and tons of pictures of the design and build process).

  2. Tear It Up Off-Road with this Motorized Tread Skateboard Anonymous says:

    Hi Matt,

    I’m the builder. Might be helpful to include the vehicle’s website: http://www.etotheipiplusone.net/?page_id=1216 as it contains more specifications and links to the build report (and tons of pictures of the design and build process).

    1. Matt Richardson says:

      Thanks! I’ve updated the post. Cool project!

    2. Matt Richardson says:

      Thanks! I’ve updated the post. Cool project!

    3. Thomas R Burnsed Jr says:

      You almost ran over me at Dragon Con I think. The rain was terrible.

    4. Thomas R Burnsed Jr says:

      You almost ran over me at Dragon Con I think. The rain was terrible.

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Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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