Cars That Think

MAY 7, 2022

For most of the 10 years that I idly thought about thermostats, I had no intention of building one. Adapted from the book BUILD: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell. A year later we decided to build a new, superefficient house in Tahoe. This needed to be an easy DIY project, a quick upgrade.

Tahoe 89

Tahoe Google Installation Building 89

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

I started indulging in my hobby of building robots, and subsequently met up with other like-minded people at the Silicon Valley Home Brew Robotics Club. You’re going to destroy your house if you build it with that stuff!” Bob and I wondered if we could build something similar. Balancing Android robots built for Google.

Rhode Island 92

Rhode Island Google 2002 San Jose 92

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. 25 or more gets you a bumper sticker.

Plug-in 41

Plug-in Plug Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride 41