Hybrid Squared: Ingenious Energy-Generating Bike Rental System
Posted by osman in Energy on 16. Aug, 2009 | 0 Comments
Designer Chiyu Chen has conceived of an ingenious transit system that encourages the use of sustainable transportation by crediting people for renting and riding bicycles. His Hybrid2 system consists of a fleet of rentable bicycles that are capable of generating and storing kinetic energy, which is then used to power the city’s hybrid electric [...]
The Solar Touring Bike
Posted by osman in Energy on 15. Aug, 2009 | 0 Comments
Our project is to design and build a solar-electric recumbent touring bike which will allow two riders to ride in long-distance tours powered only by the sun and our muscles. It’s not intended to be the car of the future, rather an experiment to see how a solar powered touring bike can be made [...]
