WD Makes F1 Car From HDD Parts

[John P. Myers]

The slick looking V-12 engine is made from WD Scorpio actuators from smaller notebook hard drives. The transmission directly behind the motor is made up of stacks of Scorpio VCM magnets and the differential is a stack of spindle motor windings from many different motors.
Read more at http://www.legitreviews.com/250-hard-drives-will-make-one-epic-f1-car_127581#aMTihEM6HrVMQwae.99

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This thing is amazing and was just added to my "i want that" list :D

Click the link above for many more pics and descriptions.

[trigggl]

But can it run Linux?

[John P. Myers]

But can it run Linux?


The LED lights and drivers head motor are controlled by a Pololu Baby Orangutan (http://www.pololu.com/docs/0J6/6) robot controller...Rob Ryan wasn’t done there and then wrote custom code in C to bring the creation to life, so there are different lighting modes and the drivers head can spin at different speeds and reverse direction!

That would be a yes (sorta) :-bd

Edit: actually don't click that Pololu link. I just found myself stuck there looking at electronics and had to forcefully pull myself away...

[Fire$torm]

That would be a yes (sorta) :-bd

Edit: actually don't click that Pololu link. I just found myself stuck there looking at electronics and had to forcefully pull myself away...

I too felt the call to the "Dark Side"

[E-30]

nice i love the car