Cars That Think

APRIL 20, 2025

How a DIY radio kit launched Henry Samuelis career Samuelis path toward becoming one of todays key players in digital communications started 33 years ago, when he was a seventh grader. During the term, each student was expected to build a crystal radio from a kit, using a single crystal and an antenna wound on a toilet paper tube.

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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. His first comment was, “are you crazy?

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose.

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