Daniel Valdez built this steampunk Professor Xavier wheelchair (complete with bubbling cranberry and vodka tubes on the back). It's powered by an Adafruit Waveshield — an Arduino-based audio kit — that gives it a series of awesome SFX. It's built around a 19th century rocker, with pistons from a steelworks.
Steampunk Professor Xavier Wheelchair Project – powered with an Adafruit Waveshield!
(Thanks, PT!)
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