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Did a Solar-Powered Autonomous Boat Just Cross the Pacific Ocean?

Damon McMillan

Damon McMillan is a mechanical engineer, hobbyist and father of four. He resides in Sunnyvale, CA.

August 22nd, 2016August 22nd, 2016

Damon McMillan built a robotic boat. Not just any robotic boat. This one is sailing across the world’s oceans. And it’s just simple and elegant enough to work.

When the Family Car Is a Solar Powered Boat

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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June 12th, 2015June 16th, 2015 15

What do you do if you live off the coast of Panama and you need to get the family around? If you’re Jaimie Mantzel, you build yourself a solar powered boat… or three. Mantzel had previously built a 16′ catamaran sailboat with a plywood and fiberglass hull, which he later converted to a solar powered […]