Invendiscovry

This is the ComutaCar.   It's an Electric car that was made in 1980, so it looks like what they thought the future would look like- in the 80's. Like the title indicates, it's basically a golf cart, with explosives mounted on the front and back. Notice that box? That's where the batteries live! (Note: If you happen to be an Instagrammer, you can follow @explosive_golfcart to keep updated there!) Currently, it has no batteries- So I'm building it some. For now, let's take a look at the fabulous specifications of electric cars from the 80's. 6 HP DC motor 50 MPH (theoretical) top speed 48V battery pack, max current draw of 125A ABS plastic body, over "aircraft grade" aluminum frame In 1980, Consumer Safety Report rated it "Not acceptable". They reviewed it with another small electric car, and the front axle of that one caved in. The ComutaCar's axle didn't, so it's safe, comparatively.  I got...

 This isn't the finished lamp, but it happens to be the best picture I have of it looking mostly complete... Sometime in Early June, a company called DFRobot contacted me through several of my project pages online, wanting to sponsor a project. They sell Arduino and related parts online, and have decent documentation for most of it. The terms were simple: Make something using parts from their website, and they'd pay for the parts! Pretty great! (If you'd like to visit their website, here you go:  www.dfrobot.com ) I very optimistically told them I could probably finish it by the end of the month, planning not only to create a working  project, but also to create a full instructable, blog post, and youtube video on it. Haaahhh... 58GB of video files later, and a month of building, coding, 3D design, troubleshooting, and engineering later, it was working. Until it broke, but we'll get to that later. As you may have guessed, this is what I built. Before we get...