Project 21. Power Racing Car

Milwaukee Makerspace’s Grave Digger car exemplifies a trend among Midwest hackerspaces, where toy cars are retrofitted with more powerful motors capable of hauling an adult’s weight and then are raced competitively.

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Credit: Anne Petersen

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Hackerspace Profile: Milwaukee Makerspace

Location:

Milwaukee Makerspace

3073 S. Chase Avenue, Building 34

Milwaukee, WI 53207

milwaukeemakerspace.org

Organization type: “We are currently an LLC,” president Royce Pipkins described. “We’ll wait to do the 501(c)3 thing until a clear advantage ...

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