Steampunk Professor Xavier Wheelchair Project – powered with an Adafruit Waveshield!

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INCREDIBLE PROJECT! Steampunk Professor Xavier Wheelchair Project – powered with an Adafruit Waveshield!

SMEEON writes…

Finally got around to adding together some video clips I took. I had a lot of people asking about what it does and how, so here is a little walk through.

Photos here!

This is exactly what we made the Waveshield for. And this is exactly vodka and cranberry juice was made for.

Filed under: art,random — by adafruit, posted March 7, 2010 at 1:45 pm


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7 Comments

  1. I don’t know, I think using an arduino is coping our from the whole steam-punk thing. Truly if you want to go steam punk, all you get to use is Steam & Tubing. But, I guess I can see caving in an usuing an arduino. Beatiful job!

    Comment by dataman — March 7, 2010 @ 4:27 pm

  2. What an amazing job, the sound effects really take it to the next level!

    Comment by Alan Parekh — March 8, 2010 @ 5:05 am

  3. VERY EXCELLANT!

    Comment by tim smith — March 8, 2010 @ 8:55 am

  4. This is just too cool for words. Thanks for the video.

    Comment by GoingLikeSixty — March 8, 2010 @ 12:43 pm

  5. awsume….everything

    Comment by derikblaqfox — March 9, 2010 @ 3:58 pm

  6. This is the most spectacular thing ever. Seriously, it sets the bar for steampunk gadgets.

    Comment by frictoriouis — April 12, 2010 @ 7:34 pm

  7. it sounds like a toilet flushing when it drives, i sure hope you can turn the sounds off and on when wanting it.

    Comment by Lathon — April 13, 2010 @ 4:48 pm

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