Laura Kampf Builds a Bike You Can Ride on Water
Have you taken your bike for a ride on a river… and lost it when it sank? Here’s a bike-powered watercraft to avoid such things!
amphibious
How Jankosaurus, the Amphibious Trike, Got its Name
“That looks like fun,” Dawn Thomas said to me. “Let’s build a vehicle to compete in that.”
The Golden Frog’s Arduino Utopia
Cultural anthropologist Eben Kirksey brings citizen science to Brooklyn, using an Arduino and the history of two frogs to educate the public.
Bounce For Glory: Peter William Wagner (video)
Peter William Wagner bounces across the fairgrounds at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, delighting everyone whose path he crosses. The big purple eccentric-axled bike has two inflated all-terrain wheels that can also function as flotation for the aquatic parts of the annual Kinetic Grand Championship in and around Arcada, California, where this “whim-cycle” has appeared for the last six years. Even Peter’s baby granddaughter enjoys the ride.
Aquabike!
Created by Li Weiguo of Hubei Province, China, this amphibious bicycle has propeller vanes on its wheels and giant water bottles for flotation. [via reflectionof.me]
