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All-Analog DIY Segway Project

Posted by Soulskill on from the take-out-some-cliff-insurance-buddy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "One of the zany hacker-makers here at MIT just finished this DIY Segway project (video). Difference from the others: it's all analog. The controller is built without a microprocessor or even digital logic. It does use a gyroscope like the real Segway. The functionality looks fairly basic, but the fact that the controller works at all is amazing. The guy has a ton of other projects on his site too. Definitely worth a read for people who enjoy building things."

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  1. and here we have a hacker by chronoss2010 · · Score: 4, Funny

    a real one that invents and makes stuff...imagine that , quick arrest the terrorist(/sarcasm)

  2. SEGFAULT by PatPending · · Score: 5, Funny

    Best. Name. Ever. for this

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  3. The Land Before CPUs by Glendale2x · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why is this amazing "that the controller works at all"? There was a time before microprocessors, you know, and they did fun things like travel in space without them.

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  4. Females?! by lul_wat · · Score: 4, Funny

    They are all at MIT?! I'd have studied harder in highschool if they'd only told us.

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    1. Re:Females?! by Colonel+Korn · · Score: 3, Funny

      They are all at MIT?! I'd have studied harder in highschool if they'd only told us.

      The MIT recruiting video sent to my high school might have convinced you.

      A pair of serious undergrads, one male and one female, are working in a lab. The glassware is very impressive and filled with bubbling food coloring or whatnot. The lights are low to draw attention to the Science. Then the two look at each other knowingly, sweep the contents of a benchtop onto the floor and start making out atop it to the wail of an electric guitar.

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  5. 403 Forbidden by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess the webserver also is running on an all-analog server, which is now in a "halt and catch fire" state.

    1. Re:403 Forbidden by PatPending · · Score: 4, Funny

      Likely due to a SEGFAULT.

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  6. Re:Actually, not CEO. by PatPending · · Score: 1, Funny

    Owner. We didn't have a CEO; we do have a COO.

    Too bad you didn't have a CSO*

    *Chief Safety Officer

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