Speaking of, here’s a bamboo bike built at the Bamboo Bike Studio seen in the wild in Camden. That’s a good looking rig!
A team of Project M cyclists will depart from Greensboro, AL this summer and journey across the United States on Common Cycles built with Alabama bamboo to talk about the power of design and the awesomeness of bamboo.
Contribute to Alabamboo: Ride or Die (via ridealabamboo)
The Copenhagen Wheel - Teaser (via senseablecitylab)
Smart, responsive and elegant, the Copenhagen Wheel is a new emblem
for urban mobility. It transforms ordinary bicycles quickly into hybrid e-bikes that also
function as mobile sensing units. The Copenhagen Wheel allows you to capture
the energy dissipated while cycling and braking and save it for when you need
a bit of a boost. It also maps pollution levels, traffic congestion,
and road conditions in real-time.
The Copenhagen Wheel is the latest project from MIT’s Senseable City Lab. Assaf Biderman, Sensable City Lab’s associate director spoke at PopTech 2009 about a number of the lab’s projects that explore how technology is transforming urban spaces.
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“Perhaps if happiness were embraced as a need on par with food, shelter, water, love—the tide would turn. Not because happiness in and of itself can drill a well or sow corn or turn back climate change—but because making people happy is a mission a whole lot more transcendent and enjoyable than just keeping them alive.”
A thought from Dan Austin, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of 88 Bikes a foundation that offers opportunities to make a difference in the lives of young people, through providing happiness in the form of bikes. Quote taken from the post, The Moment of Happy.
88 Bikes in Peru; image courtesy of Dan Austin.
