October 17, 20117 Comments on Mountain Charlie Google Streetview
Mountain Charlie Road is a narrow single lane road that winds from Scotts Valley, CA to the summit of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
October 14, 20112 Comments on Popsicle stick bicycle
Sun Chao in Kaiyuan, northeast China spent four months building a ridable bicycle out of 10,000 popsicle sticks.
October 14, 20114 Comments on Waterwings, earbuds, and thongs
From a distance, this woman’s orange jacket looked like water wings to me. I didn’t realize it was a jacket until I was right behind her. Foothill Expressway in Santa Clara County, CA.
October 14, 20117 Comments on Amphibious bicycle
Amphibian Bicycle Can Travel on Land Or Water.
We’ll soon enter the rainy season here in Northern California, when many of our riverside bike paths will be inundated. With this bike I can just float the bike down the Guadalupe River straight to work, and then pedal upstream for the trip home. (more…)
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October 13, 20111 Comment on Bike hippies power OccupySF
Pedal powered generators provide electricity for mobile devices at OccupySF.
The key problem for the group is power. At present the OccupySF crew is keeping systems running almost entirely on pedal power. A bicycle generator donated by Rock the Bike runs 24/7, with volunteers usually lasting 30 minutes before handing off to the next fresh set of legs. The electricity thus generated runs into three car batteries to maintain a backup power supply.
More at The Register –> OccupySF BOFH runs protest network on pedal power: Protest IT staff running ultimate bare-bones system.