Austin’s new development at the site of the old Robert Mueller airport includes a small solar farm consisting of fifteen of these lovely blue “solar sunflower” collectors, designed by Cambridge’s Harries/Hรยฉder Collaborative, whose concept was selected from a pool of 37 applicants to Austin’s Art in Public Places program. Details of the project are available […]
I was disappointed to see this chalk-printing trailer, for the riders in the Tour de France, is towed behind a truck, not a bike like it’s predecessor. It looks like it works pretty well, though. The main problem with the original Bikes Against Bush prototype was the huge computer that had to be lugged around […]
Say your bike saddle’s fabric/leather is wearing thin, or you just don’t like the color. Or say you live in Phoenix and your black bike seat gets so hot while it’s outside baking in the sun all day so that when you go to ride it, you get second degree burns. You might want to […]
That looks like one rascally rocket to ride, but hey, it’s a PULSE JET! You can buy one of the jets from the maker, on eBay (link on the Instructables item below). Buy this pulsejet so you can make your own jet bike
[Photo from Uncle Ray] Long before my time, my grandfather Raymond Albert Sheffield, was messing about with cars. When I was about 10 or 11, we sat on a beach on Martha’s Vineyard watching the ferries come and go exchanging cars and passengers while he told me of the car that he had built in […]
Not sure how well it works, but from the pictures on Inhabitat, it does appear to at least… float. It’s made from eight plastic water jugs. Wanes attached to the rear spokes provide power. The DIY Floating Water Bike
You’re invited to the Bicycle Music Festival this Saturday (tomorrow!) in San Francisco. It’s a mobile community music festival, all day long! More: Xtracycle QuickHitch tutorial and Maker Faire special
