The poorest slums in many developing nations use pit latrines for human waste collection. A Cambridge University researcher proposes a bicycle powered suction pump to empty the latrines and transport the fecal matter away for treatment or disposal.
Monthly Archives: December 2010
2010 Virtual Alleycat start
December 6, 2010 – 7:00 am
The 2010 Kickstand Cyclery Virtual Alleycat begins at 7 AM US Pacific time. Keep these things in mind as you race: There’s a secret password for the final race checkpoint — this password is given at one of the checkpoints, so pay attention! For the final checkpoint, you must submit a list of all checkpoints read more
Interbike dream
December 4, 2010 – 11:41 am
I woke this morning from dreaming I was at Interbike, the big annual North American bike show. All of the usual Interbike people were there. Missing, however, were the bikes and anything to do with bikes.
Exploring bike share data
December 3, 2010 – 2:52 pm
Cycling advocates and planners debating the merits of a $7.9 million bike share for the San Francisco Peninsula may want to look at recently released bike share data from Lyon, France.
Psych Bike
December 3, 2010 – 10:47 am
Actors James Roday and Dulé Hill ride a tandem bicycle in this week’s episode of “Psych.”
Bicycle GPS tracker
December 2, 2010 – 5:03 pm
GPS Track This sells small, lightweight GPS trackers for motorcycles and bicycles.
