Bicycles

Hyperbike: Like swimming on land

The Hyperbike, by Curtis DeForest, tries to create a human-powered vehicle that will be faster than traditional bicycles. I can see how the rider can input more energy, but that thing has to weigh a lot more than a 10 speed! In creating the HyperBike, DeForest tried to remedy the flaws of the standard bicycle. […]

Cardboard bike

Cardboard bike

A product design student at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK wanted to address the problem of prevalent bike theft so he created this bike for around US$30. It doesn’t say whether this was just for the frame or for everything. And no, it doesn’t melt in a rainstorm. He used hexacomb board, which is […]

Robot’s day out video

From the instructable on making a robot costume with LEDs, here’s a video of a robot’s day on the town in San Francisco. Dare I say the folks at instructables have waaay too much fun at work? Nah, I’d never say that, because we enjoy ourselves just as much. (Thanks, Randy!)