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Human powered hovercraft sails across the Thames

Harshpaul — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:16:04 +0000

Crossing the Thames isn’t the most difficult thing to do, but when you are on a human powered hovercraft, things take a different meaning altogether. The University of London’s flight club built a human powered hovercraft, which they...

TEAM Cab-bike is an exotic city and highway commuter vehicle

Alpheus — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:22:40 +0000

It’s always fun to drive around in eccentrically designed wheelers. The Canadian Bluevelo’s TEAM is certainly one of these ungainly, yet feisty machines with a tendency to keep you entertained. The cab-bike is built with a clamshell top and a...

Shweeb - A human-powered monorail

Jaiyant Cavale — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:35:17 +0000

Rising gas prices and environmental concerns have made it necessary to use alternate sources of energy and one of the more sustainable vehicle is the human powered vehicle. The Shweeb is a human powered monorail with high performance pedals. One...

A human powered panzer that you can pedal across

Jaiyant Cavale — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:09:55 +0000

Armored vehicles take up most of a country’s allocation of military funds. Some enthusiasts created an armored vehicle, which is quite green. Now you must be wondering how a tank, an armored vehicle can go green. It can, when it is run on...

EcoFriend Ten: Awesome Human Powered Vehicles

Sameer Kumar — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:51:55 +0000

Who does not like a top 10 list? The magic about such compilations is that they are damn hard to make and most often most people end up disagreeing with you. If you allow 100 people to make a list of their top 10 on something, then you can bet that...

Very Eco (HPV) - A handsome offering for something so green and functional

Piyush — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:04:49 +0000

Some Human Powered Vehicles (HPV) are so convincing that you cannot take your eyes off. This VERY ECO (belonging to the same sect) is a similar eye catcher. The four wheel pedal powered vehicle is designed for those who enjoy exercising and with...

'Fast Freddy' Markham breaks world human powered speed record

Vikas Shekhawat — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:20:45 +0000

While we were still waiting for Greg Kolodziejzyk to show his knack by breaking the 24-hour human powered distance record of 1021.36 km, “Fast Freddy” Markham appeared out of the rubble paddling his human powered Easyracer bicycle. With...

'Fast Freddy' claims the new one hour record for human powered vehicles

Zodingliani — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:09:46 +0000

For Pedaling 53.43 miles (85.987 kilometers) in one hour winning, Fred Markham has won the new world record for human powered vehicles at the prestigious Dempsey - MacCready Hour Record Prize. Freddy, nicknamed ‘Fast Freddy’ rides for...