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Good for them. It’s good for their health too.
Young Environmentalists Protest Anti-Bicycle Policy At Their High School : TreeHugger
After studying up on state biking laws — and carrying copies with them — the students legally tethered their bikes in conspicuous clusters around lamp posts, trees and other poles dotting the circular drive in front […]
With video. I wonder how many places this thing is street legal.
BRENT HATCH
I’m just a regular guy that knows very little about motors, efficiency, etc. Man, some engineer should be able to have a field day coming up with all kinds of solar powered alternatives to our mobile lives. I should […]
With the price of wheat skyrocketing lately, maybe it’s time to stop buying store bread and making it the old fashioned way! With a bike, of course.
{rowantoday} - News and Happenings at Rowan University
Right now, the device - which students have been working on for the better part of two years and […]
I want one!
Bicycle Design: Pedal-Powered Snowplow
In the video, he talks a bit about the construction of his recumbent snowplow bike, which has a handbuilt steel frame but is also made from old bike parts, a salvaged Craftsman riding lawnmower, and a couple of snow shovels.
When will the first commercial models be available?
Gravia: LED Lamp Lit by Gravity Lasts 200 Years, Never Plugs In : TreeHugger
“Gravia” is his LED-lit floor lamp that combines human power and gravity to create a lighting source that will work for 200 years or so, and never need to be plugged in. The lamp has […]
This is a great idea. I hope they smell good.
Just Soap - Bicycle Blender
Here’s how it works: The bicycle drives a belt that turns a blade in a large stainless steel vat, where we stir together the purest ingredients - saponified olive, coconut and palm oils, essential oils, and organic herbs and spices. […]
That’s slick. I want one! I hope they make it commercially.
YouTube - Innovate or Die - Aquaduct: Mobile Filtration Vehicle
Sounds like gyms should get in on the act, and hook their exercise equipment up to power something else.
Bicycle Design: A bicycle-powered welder
Mike and the group made an inertia friction welder powered by a bicycle. You can check out their entry video right here. The video shows the pedal powered machine in action as it […]
Impractical, but cool nonetheless.
Computerworld - MIT students power supercomputer with bicycles
They powered a SiCortex SC648 supercomputer with a Linux cluster of 648 CPUs and almost 1TB of main memory in a single cabinet. The system is low-powered and draws 1,200 watts without needing special power supplies or cooling.
Great way to watch TV.
Free plans & instructions for DIY BYO pedal power bike generator
