Hi! Kathryn and Ian here!

Welcome to our senior project: Building a OneWheel

Mission:

For our senior project, we are building a self-balancing, one wheel, motorized skateboard (our design will emulate that of the popular “OneWheel” hoverboard). We are very interested in this project because last summer, we worked together with Mr. Bingham, Mr. Chun, and our project mentor, Mr. Wideman, to build an augmented reality sandbox for Pritzker Science Center. The project offered a fascinating introduction to many applied science concepts, like soldering, basic carpentry skills, and some coding. Both of us are currently students in Computer Programming 4: Applied Math and AI (Kathryn is also in Mr. Chun’s Applied Engineering and Design course) and have been taking programming classes since sophomore year.

We ordered the frame kit and hub motor from the Fungineers team who tried making their own DIY hoverboard (@Fungineers on YouTube). The controller, battery, and other electronics were bought separately online and the screws and smaller pieces were bought at Curry Hardware.

By the end of project period we hope to have a fully functional OneWheel hoverboard. If time allows, we also would love to add flashy features like LED lights, a soundboard, personalized grip tape, custom colors for the 3d prints, and even a team logo.

Everything from project period is documented on this website in our daily project log.

Projected Schedule:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?cid=Y19nYmZnZXF1NXN0MHJ1b3Frc21kbHRidmQya0Bncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t

Inspiration:

https://onewheel.com/products/pint

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