Cookinโ Derby โ Electric Hot Dog Racing
The concept alone is pretty funny, and thatโs before getting a crowd of people together to cheer on their favorite hot dog.
The concept alone is pretty funny, and thatโs before getting a crowd of people together to cheer on their favorite hot dog.
Makers come in many different forms, nationalities, and ages. The same can be said about the many projects that those Makers design and build, which range from robotics to automated homes and everything in between. One of the more interesting projects I cameย across at the Westport Maker Faireย wasย from a young man named Emmett White. He […]
Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi Alamode join forces to control a Pinewood Derby race track.
When I was younger, I absolutely loved the Pinewood Derby, the miniature car building and racing competition that we participated in as Cub Scouts. Recently, I was talking to a group of fellow ITP students and we thought, wouldnโt it be fun to hold our own derby, but with no rules?
Cub Scouts race their cars on slick four-lane extruded aluminum tracks fitted with spring-loaded starting gates and infrared sensors at the finish line.
Photos of Steve Lodefink’s cool Pinewood Derby Racer