Onat Cakici
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Early Builds

2012+
Solar power · BUILT Ages 11-16

Formative builds from high school and earlier, where the obsession started. I began building with solar power at age 11.

E-01Full-Size Solar Car

At 16, I designed and began building a full-size solar-powered vehicle in the garage.

Onat Cakici welding the aluminum space-frame chassis of a full-size solar car during high school

E-02RC Solar Car

At age 11, I built a radio-controlled solar car, my first project combining energy, electronics, and mobility.

Radio-controlled solar car built by a young Onat Cakici

E-03Off-Grid Bedroom

Wired my room to run off a solar panel, with its own battery and load. Early power-systems tinkering.

E-04Portable Solar Generator

At age 12, I built a self-contained portable solar generator with a panel, battery storage, charge control, and AC/DC outputs in a carry-around unit.

Young Onat Cakici presenting his portable solar generator at a science fair
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Now building: Porter, an autonomous indoor delivery robot →