Maker Faire Bay Area 2009
DIY Balancing Scooter

Location:   Bike Town  A1   

This project was designed to emulate the invention of the Segway by Dean Kamen. We want to provide the resources for any hobbyist to make a balancing scooter on their own, in only a few weekends.

Web site: http://scooterlabs.org/

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About the Maker(s)

Daniel Fukuba Scooter Labs [
Danny Fukuba is a young engineering/design enthusiast. He has been involved with FIRST robotics and combat robots for 6 years. He has been seen on the Revision 3 network for his work on the show "Systm" and is trying to make as many things in the world as possible open source.

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