Shopping Cart + MIT Experimentation = LOLRiokart
October 2, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Transportation
The result of MIT undergrad Charles Guan’s hard work, the LOLRiokart (yes, LOL + Mario Kart) is simply a shopping cart with better wheels and jury-rigged golf cart electronics. The final product looks easy to build and drive, but finding the right way to run current through the electronics and brakes that wouldn’t burn out quickly took some time.
And I bet developing that “custom-made steering system” required some work too. Early test runs saw Guan braking by digging his heels into the road “Fred Flintstone-style”, until he settled on using mountain bike brakes for safety’s sake: “Once, his quick footwork …read more
