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How-To: Build a BEAM solarroller

How-To: Build a BEAM solarroller

Yesterday, I posted a reprinted from my old tech site, Street Tech, of a piece I did on Zach DeBord’s solar-powered vibrobots. Here’s another piece from Street Tech, one on building solarrollers, a simple kind of solar-powered car common in beginner BEAM robotics. Like the vibrobots, this would make a perfect project for a family […]

Del Cruiser’s “junkfiets” project

Del Cruiser’s “junkfiets” project

Del Cruiser has been working on building a “bakfiets” (box bike/cargo bike) from junked bikes and parts. He’s keeping a photojournal of his progress on Flickr. This project was inspired by the “Carrier Pidgeon” , which is a chinese-made imitation that has a shorter payload. By nature, bakfiets take some time getting used to due […]

How-to: Muddle Some Mojitos!

I tasted my first mojito in the mid- to late 90s in a bar called Absinthe in San Francisco. A co-worker named Mike Little insisted that I taste his, and one sip later I was hooked. Back at home, I searched for various recipes, did some testing, and at the next backyard BBQ with friends, […]