Comments on: TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: The Bike that Rides on Water

By: Dilantha

Dilantha — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:12:34 +0000

Great tool, I like to have a ride

By: PaTrond

PaTrond — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:00:48 +0000

D’oh!…. This does still mean I can make a car a bit simlar to this without “copying”?? A friend asked me to design a orb-shapet vehicle and this was mostly what I think was possible to make it run..

By: JiffWhiffer

JiffWhiffer — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:06:24 +0000

Wow that is truly fascinating indeed. Cool stuff.

Jiff
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By: Steve N. Lee

Steve N. Lee — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:05:20 +0000

I can’t honestly see this moseying about our towns and cities, but it does look cool. Not to mention, I bet you can have a hell of a fun time on it – land and water.

Unlike some weird and whacky ideas – that chair built into the wearer’s pants that’s also featured today – you can actually see where this could develop and have some real world benefit. Not least by strapping a motor to it! I know, not very green that, is it? But then think how easy that would make getting around, say, wetland/lake areas. What do you have now? All terrain vehicles or air boats. This might make a sound alternative, assuming it doesn’t get stuck in mud too easily, but surely the amphibious design means that has been considered.

But in somewhere like Holland, where it’s lovely and flat, and has lots of water, yeah, I can see where a man-powered version could work very well.

Steve N. Lee
author of eco-blog
and suspense thriller ‘What if…?’

By: Fair Trade

Fair Trade — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:10:42 +0000

I love it; I want to watch it move! It’s such a gorgeous and clever piece of design.