Solar-powered bike helmet
A solar powered, trickle-charged, weatherproof, safety bike helmet with changeable parts. The Green Helmet (Solar powered, safety lit, weatherproof bike helmet.) – Link
Drones & Vehicles
Gallery o’ strange vehicles
Avi Abrams has just finished up a fun three-part piece on Dark Roasted Blend showcasing some of the strangest, coolest, and most whack-a-delic cars, bicycles, and other vehicles that look like they just tooled in from some alternate dimension. World’s Strangest Vehicles, Part 3 – Link
Lawnmower bike
Check out MAKE Flickr photo pool member Chauss513’s lawmower bike! Link & see more of the collection!
Bikes and sound
Dave writes – I saw your posting about bikes that make noise, and thought I’d draw your attention to the Soundcycles exhibition at InterAccess in Toronto right now. Two bike projects that make noise! The Warbike makes music from WiFi networks, details here and a radio interview about it here. The Soundbike laughs as you […]
Solar farm wagon, small biz platform
From AfriGadget comes this item about a solar-powered donkey-drawn farm utility vehicle with 21st century extras: The HAPV (Advertised as HAPPY) is a twist on the ‘horse and buggy’ mode of transportation, making this a donkey, cart, solar panel on a canopy FUV (Farm Utility Vehicle) that is quite ingenious and absolutely AfriGadget. A donkey […]
1957 Huffy radio bike
Stylish and functional, a 1957 Huffy radio bike. I suppose a modern version would have an iPod… [via] Link. Related: Ultra-light/ultra-efficient pimped-out bike stereo system – Link. DIY Bike stereo – Link. i-Ride Bicycle stereo system – Link. From the pages of MAKE 11: Long Live the Bicycle by Saul Griffith in Making Trouble. Everything […]
Bike-mower roundup
Treehugger has put together a fun roundup of bikes with reel mowers bolted onto the fronts of them. Not sure how effective this is as a mower, or rideable as a bike — this might be more Chindogu than workable hack. Has anyone made and/or ridden one of these? The Cutting Edge: Bicycle Lawnmowing – […]
