Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps [video]
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Re: Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps [video]
#2I swear I had this idea when I was 14………but I didn’t make it……….……..and I live in the first world………………
Re: Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps [video]
#3I'd love to get a bit more information on it, such as range, charging times, battery chemistry.
Re: Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps [video]
#4I swear I had this idea when I was 14………but I didn’t make it……….……..and I live in the first world………………
I don't know your age but finding a solar panel when you were 14 probably was not as easy as today. Storage of the vehicle is probably the biggest challenge too.
Re: Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps [video]
#5Previous discussion from 12 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28186992
Re: Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps [video]
#6we made one out of an Ape 50 shell some time in the 90s (because we were given a bunch of mismatched solar cells for free). I think it showed up in the local paper. Cute.
Re: Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps [video]
#7I swear I had this idea when I was 14………but I didn’t make it……….……..and I live in the first world………………
I don't know your age but finding a solar panel when you were 14 probably was not as easy as today. Storage of the vehicle is probably the biggest challenge too.
You’ve been able to get hobby solar cells at places like radioshack for as long as solar calculators have been around. Since the 80s, at least. But the price per watt to do something like that back then would be insane.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/45/b6/9f/45b69f8d1639dbcbd8a8...
Re: Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps [video]
#8we made one out of an Ape 50 shell some time in the 90s (because we were given a bunch of mismatched solar cells for free). I think it showed up in the local paper. Cute.
"cute"... what are you criticizing exactly?
Re: Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps [video]
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#10Those solar panels are mounted in a way to get the worst possible efficiency (aside making them facing down). I'm very skeptical of the outcome, or maybe they're incredibly oversized for the task so that even a couple of them getting a fraction of the sunlight can make the vehicle work. If he mounted them on the roof they would work a lot better by taking more direct sunlight, and he would save a lot of money by using just one or two for the same performance.
Kudos to the kid for actively making stuff though; most of his western peers would waste all day tapping on a phone while he is using his brain to solve problems.