HIGHLIGHTS
- Expertise and interests include electronics, robotics, mechanical engineering, running, kayaking, and broadcasting
- Enjoys taking adventures where getting there is as much a part of the narrative as the destination, and writing about the relationships we have with our cars
- Previous work experience: Casting Engineer at a Major Automaker, Design Engineer for Agricultural Machinery @ Hardi, Marketing @ Hardi, Design Engineer @ Voxon Photonics, Staff Writer + Social Media @ Hackaday
EXPERIENCE
Lewin burst on into the automotive world upon taking a graduate position with a major global automaker, working in a high-pressure role in a casting plant Down Under. Since then, he’s done everything from working on high-tech holographic displays to designing handrails and hydraulic mechanisms for gigantic agricultural machines.
In 2016, Lewin took his broad experience into the world of media. Starting as a regular contributor to Hackaday, his beat covers everything from homebrew hardware projects to the latest in the world of console hacking and speedrunning, too.
From 2021 to 2023, Lewin served as Night Editor at The Drive, pursuing the hottest stories after hours and sharing his own tales of wrenching glory and woe. His stories aim to explore the close personal connections we have with our vehicles, and the greater significance they come to play as major characters in the stories of our lives.
EDUCATION
Lewin graduated from The University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mechanical and Aerospace.
Words of Wisdom
There’s never been a problem that I haven’t been able to solve simply by explaining it to a few different people. Eventually the answers just fall out of the air around me, and life moves forward a few steps all at once.
NOTABLE WORK
- I Never Loved My Project Miata. So Why Does Selling It Hurt so Much?The Drive
- In Defense of Buying a Very Cheap MercedesThe Drive
- The Battle of the Bent Valves: Fixing my 4x4Hackaday
- Box Forts for Adults: Best Practices and Design StrategiesHackaday
- Ulysses - The Subaru BRAT ProjectYoutube
- PortfolioLewin Day
- How To Build Your Own Convertible (For Under $500)Hackaday
Get latest from Lewin Day
Tesla Model 3, Model Y Recalled for Loose Suspension Parts
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 29, 2021
Could CAKE’s ‘The Distance’ Really Happen? The Drive Investigates
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 29, 2021
GM To Restart 2022 Chevrolet Bolt Production Following Battery Fires
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 27, 2021
Honda Civic Hybrid Spotted in Japan, But It’s Not Coming to the US
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 27, 2021
Uber and Hertz to Rent 50,000 Teslas to Rideshare Drivers
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 27, 2021
Pagani’s Next Car Will Have an AMG V12 and a Manual Transmission
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 26, 2021
Floating a Century-Old House Across the Water Works, But Only Just
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 26, 2021
Transparent Engine Filmed in Super Slo-Mo Lets You Watch the Combustion Process
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 25, 2021
French Police Getting Alpine A110 Patrol Cars for ‘Rapid Intervention’ Duty
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 25, 2021
Watch Pierre Gasly Hoon a First-Gen Acura NSX Like Senna Did Before Him
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 25, 2021
Watch This Half-Track Quad Defy Gravity and Power up Hills
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 22, 2021
Driver Flips Ferrari 488 on Tail of the Dragon
By Lewin Day / Published Oct 20, 2021