{"guid":"9717c62f-f324-5ceb-8fc9-3f01c279e7b8","title":"Hacking a mobility scooter for features and lights","subtitle":null,"slug":"emf2026-86-1-hacking-a-mobility-scooter-for-features-and-lights","link":"https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2026/86-hacking-a-mobility-scooter-for-features-and-lights","description":"Following the talk \"Remote controlled chaos cart\" at EMF 2024, I have been inspired to do my own take on the same idea. But instead of starting with a trolley and a hoverboard, I decided to start with a mobility scooter. I have ME/CFS, and get to use a mobility scooter most of the time while out and about. But they are fundamentally boring vehicles, and could use a little adapting to be more fun. They are also 24v vehicles, and it is amazing just how many 12v devices can be used at 24v. After starting with a USB charger, I moved on to lights, and then a foot pedal for speed control. Arduinos were involved and sacrificed. A diversion was had when my motor failed, but I then returned to adapting the horn, and then having to transfer much of the stuff to a new scooter when a second motor failed and couldn't be replaced.\n\nThe takeaway is somewhere along the lines of \"Just because you have to use a mobility scooter, it doesn't have to be plain, boring, and can be hacked for interesting features\". 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