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That time you almost electrocuted yourself
Innovation, Internet of Things, Reflections Thomas Friberg Innovation, Internet of Things, Reflections Thomas Friberg

That time you almost electrocuted yourself

In 2013, I was on a journey to building my own electric car for fun, or at least a bike-path based prototype before scaling to road-scale. In February 2014, I made my first weld as I assembled the steel spine of the 3-wheeled recumbent trike frame. This was something I felt relatively capable of doing as a mechanical engineer and I had even sifted through the ‘Australian Design Rules’ to determine the requirements of the street-legal version. What I didn’t anticipate was that the mechanical and structural side would be the least of my problems.

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