A two-day, family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement.
A two-day, family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement.
Ever wish you owned a Power Wheel? Were you the jealous kid down the street who wanted one, but your parents never let you have it? Well, Pumping Station: One, with the help of i3 Detroit is giving you an opportunity to redeem childhood dreams. The Power Racing Series consists of hackerspaces from around North America submitting heavily modified youth ride-on toys in order to win prizes and present their mad creations to the public. Three races; a drag race, road course, and an Endurance Battle Royale, will be sure to challenge hackerspaces and makerspaces alike, as they reinforce frames, wire up scooter motors, and rush to mend any damages incurred during the heat of the race.
When he's not selling balloons for a living, Jim Burke enjoys combining arts and technology. Currently a Director at Pumping Station: One, Jim strives to inspire members to take on new challenges. He also likes airplanes, hacking art, history, wearing assorted hats, drinking Green River and ketchup on his burgers.
'Baby Burrito' Power Wheels Race Car
Milwaukee Makerspace
Power wheels race car for the power racing series. My team name is 'Baby Burrito' and my car number is 25. I am a member of the Milwaukee Makerspace.
Big Jake
David Feng
A "Big Jake" Power wheels toy car modified with better wheels and a starter motor to run in the PPPRS race series. Built to carry an adult required a frame be built along with full bearings and a chain reduction connecting the motor to the back wheels.
Grave Digger
Grave Digger is a modified Power Wheels vehicle entering into the Power Wheels Racing Series event. It uses two wheel chair motors and two car batteries for locomotion. The structural support now comes from a custom welded steel square-stock chassis. The steering system and tires were replace with riding lawn mower parts.
i3detroit Powerwheels Racer - car #3
Detroit's premiere hackerspace makes their first entry in the Power Racing Series. Look for the hometown team, the Drive-Bys, to dominate at the Detroit Maker Faire.
Little Pink Trike
Tom Gralewicz
A Tiny Tykes three wheeled trike modified, enhanced, and down right over built to hold a full sized adult and race competitively. This is one of the entries from the Milwauke Maker Space.
OmniCorpDetroit Pit Rats
We want to take part in the Power Wheels Racing Competition. Our Hacker Space is called OmniCorpDetroit.
We have already signed up with the event and Jim Burk who is the Sanctioning Body of "The Power Racing Series."
Paper Street Motors
Andrew Didorosi
Hello! We're Paper Street Motors - Detroit's Small Business Incubator, Hackerspace, Techshop, Whateverspace.
We offer offices and small industrial spaces to the area's entrepreneurs, hobbyists and tinkerers. We'd love to show you what our people are up to in our zany 22,000 sq/ft facility.
We offer very workshops with everything included: power, light, heat compressed air and free ice cream - all for way cheap. This spurs some cool projects, the likes of which you'd never imagine.
PS1:GP
Pumping Station: One
Pumping Station: One's, Chicago's Makerspace, entry into the Power Racing Series, Power Wheels race.
Toy Yodas - Power Wheel
Saint Louis Arch Reactor
A motorcycle Power Wheel modified to race in the Power Wheel Racing Series.
