Just Like Riding a Bike
People have been doing some very cool things with the worlds favorite two wheeled invention. Not only is a bicycle a fantastic way to get great exercise, enjoy the outdoors and help keep our world a little cleaner…but people are finding out a bike can do much, much more.
Innovate or Die, a contest sponsored by Google and Specialized, pushed people to their innovative limits with a pedal-powered machine contest. In just three months over 102 Earth-cooling inventions were entered – all based on the simple mechanics of a bicycle.
Grand Prize Winner: an Aqueduct Mobile Filtration Vehicle – a pedal powered vehicle that transports, filters and stores water for the developing world.
Other honorable mentions include:
Dual-Purpose Bicycle – a bike that upon arrival doubles as a rice thresher, peanut sheller, corn shucker, circular saw or woodworking lathe.
Velocytraptor Mobile Cinema – a mobile interactive theater that seats nine and uses moviegoers to power the show.
Pedal-Powered Snow Plow & Pedal-Powered Laptop
Next up is a bicycle powered washing machine. Check out the site homelessdave.com/hdwashingman.htm for full instructions on how to make your own and how many loads of laundry Dave has completed with his homemade suds machine.
Or how ’bout a Blender Bike from Rock the Bike for an early morning smoothie or after work margarita. http://rockthebike.com/blenders
Got any creations of your own? Let us know.
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