A lot of folks need a cup of joe before they hop in the car for their morning commute, but now there’s a car that does as well. The Car-puccino is the creation of scientists on the BBC program Bang Goes the Theory and will travel 210 miles from Manchester to London.
While the idea of [...]
The Hummer is a veritable monument representing America’s consumption-based culture, which is why a New York artist named Jeremy Dean has decided to downgrade the monumental power of such a ridiculous, giant vehicle by turning it into an image of times gone by. Dean deconstructed an H2 Hummer into a horse cart, presenting it as [...]
After watching this video, you’ll agree that transportation as we know it is changing before our very eyes. With a plethora of electric bikes hitting pavements anywhere and everywhere, it’s no surprise that people are demanding more compact e-bike options, ones that they can take wherever they go. This may be the inspiration behind designer [...]
Biking to work is an arguably easy way to cut down on your carbon emissions. But what city, overall, does it best? It looks as if Portland, Oregon takes the win.
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Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. ~Mark Twain, “Taming the Bicycle”
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
When man invented the [...]
Sure, we’ve seen gyms provide man-made electricity to power an entire basketball game. We’ve also seen gyms use devices to capture kinetic energy and turn it into electricity for the nearby campus. But we’ve never encountered a way in which an individual can generate and store clean energy for one’s own home… until now.
Designer Elizabeth [...]
The Yarga YoYo is a Industrial designer James Yarger’s newest concept design — a zero emission personal transportation device. The YoYo would ultimately function as a one-person vehicle for primarily inner-city transportation. Pretty cool.
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A new technology that allows riders to transform their ordinary bicycles into hybrid e-bikes was unveiled at COP-15 yesterday. The Copenhagen Wheel, which will fit into any existing bike frame, has a small, emissions-free motor in its hub that captures energy created from pedaling and braking and stores it to be used as extra power [...]
I drive a Mini Cooper S and I’m like all good Californians, I love my car.
I love how fun it is to drive. I love that it gets 40mpg on the highway. I love that I can carry three surfboard inside. Go ahead, admit it… you love it to.
One thing I’ve noticed over the past [...]
Amsterdam is certainly known for being a cycling hub, and cruising around on two wheels is so popular that the number of bike trips taken by residents recently surpassed those by car. Oh how we love Europeans!
From Bike Europe:
The bicycle is the means of transport used most often in Amsterdam. Between 2005 and 2007 people [...]
