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Firefly Unicycle
Developer’s MeetupOpen Source Personal Transportation Device
AgendaIntro to the project
Timeline
Demo of the Electric Unicycle
Tech fundaes –
How can you contribute
1. Intro to the project
Objective:
Build a kickass hardware community in
India
Build a product that is interesting/fun, and
useful
Kickass hardware community
Get to know and meet awesome hardware developers in
India
Encourage Makerspaces around the country and set them
up as development centers.
Development Centers
Workbench
Jaaga
Maker’s Asylum
FabLab
Infinity hackspace
Startup Village
Why Unicycle?1. Fancy enough – Should be fun
2. Practical – Works on Indian
Roads
3. Just the right amount of
complexity
Back Story- Makeystreet + Ather Energy -
“Wish we had a hardware
community – lets build one”
- Confused on what to build
- Makeystreet goes to Hillhacks
- Sees Freeman riding his Electric
Unicycle in Himalayan Ghat
roads
- Firefly Unicycle !
Image credits: @hillhacks
Understanding the objective
To build a kickass hardware community – Successful community
=
Interesting product
Some level of success of the product
Some major value generation
Kickass technology
Kickass people - Skill development
Improve the development ecosystem
Globally recognized product/initiative
Commercially successful product
Simplified Objective
Create kickass peopleImage credits: http://www.desktopwallpaperhd.net/color-wallpaper-background-pictures-kickass-90207.html
Timeline
V1 development – proof of concept – Dec 6th
Functional development centers – Dec mid
V2 – actual working prototype – Maker Fest – Jan 10th
Crowd funding campaign – Hacker kit – Jan 10th
How can you contribute?
Tech development
Hardware development
Manufacturing
Industrial Design
Graphic Design
Community Development
Teach
Spreading the word
Partners
Tech
Basic Principles
Modularity
Tools that we are using
Version control & Collaborative development
Communication
Group
A lot of spam
Not friendly to new people
Start with – curated communication channel