Print out a shot glass… print out an iPhone case
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Bicycles
Berkeley shop adapts bikes for any disability
Berkeley shop adapts bikes for any disability… The problem: Cycles are factory-made for people with a wide variety of physical disabilities, but there is no solo bike made for a person with no use of her arms. The problem with that problem: Greg Milano, BORP director of cycling and the man who dreamed up the […]
Kevin Kelly on technology as the 7th kingdom
On O’Reilly Radar, Joshua-Michele Ross has an interview with the always-original and thought-provoking Kevin Kelly. The discussion covers various topics related to biology, technology, and net-connected culture. As Josh says: This last section (at 7mins 30 secs) is the deepest and most provocative. Kevin assumes the point of view of technology to assess its needs […]
Bicycle Buses
Here are 3 different designs for bicycle-powered buses: 1. The Buscycle (image via Ecofriend) 2. Eindhoven University’s human-powered bus (also see our previous coverage): 3. The Velodisco: On one hand, these all look pretty inefficient. On another, shouldn’t you have less wind, drivetrain, and surface resistance to overcome per person on a well-designed setup like […]
Speaker for bike commuters
DIY Coffee Cup Bike Speaker from Robert Edwards on Vimeo. Robert Edwards of co(act)lab built this clever amp/speaker inside a travel mug. Pop it into the bottle cage on your bike and you’re ready to roll to the music.
DIY: NES controller bike light
How do you combine your love of video games and bicycling? Make an LED bike light form an old NES controller of course! I had an old broken NES controller lying around, and decided that it would make a cool case for an ultra bright LED bike flasher. It’s designed to be easy to slip […]
DIY: Kilo-Lumen bike headlight
Sometimes lighting up the road ahead of you isn’t enough. Sometimes, you want to light up the entire neighborhood. If so, the Kilo-Lumen bike headlight is for you. I started biking to work this summer and needed a good headlight and taillight. I didn’t want to spend a lot, but I wanted extreme visibility. For […]