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

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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