Tuesday, June 30, 2009

iFlyz is rather useful, portable iPhone mount | iPhone Buzz

iFlyz is rather useful, portable iPhone mount

Posted on 16 January 2009 by Shawn Brown
Tags: 3G iPhone, Apple iPhone, media

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Yes

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Sometimes watching videos or movies on your iPhone or iPod Touch can be tedious, especially when you’re sitting at home, on a plane or riding the bus. Awkward neck positions and tiring hands tend to take away from the overall experience of watching a film.

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Sunday, June 28, 2009

MUEV - Electric Bike Conversion Kit Motorino-500

Electric Bike Conversion Kit Motorino-500

Vendor: Greenwit Technologies
Type:Electric Bicycles

$600.00

Some conversion kits have better torque, some better speed. MOTORINO conversion kit has them both. The motor and controller are designed and made by Korean company. The motor is high speed brushless with steel gears made in Japan. Its small size and light weight may mislead you about its performance but you must try it to believe the high torque it provides. Its neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets motor, coupled with sophisticated controller works at 5400 rpm which after 15 times reduction increase the torque of the motor up to 70 Nm. And all this is achieved with only 17Amp current consumption from the battery.

Assembly Required!

Motor: 500W high speed brushless geared

Controller: 48V 17AH with cruise control

Battery: VRLA or 10AH Lithium-Ion

Wheel Sizes: 16”, 20”, 26”

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Bicycle Friendly Community Resources

Bicycle Friendly Community Resources:

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Click here for information on structure and design considerations when constructing underpasses and overpasses for bicycles

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Bike Trails
The Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program, a community resource of the National Park Service. Rivers & Trails staff work with community groups and local and State governments to conserve rivers, preserve open space, and develop trails and greenways.
The Rails to Trails Conservancy’s Trails and Greenways Clearinghouse
Click here for an outline of goals, policies and ongoing planning activities recommended by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) to be included in every state and metropolitan Long Range Plan.
The FHWA page of links for publications, design and program guidance
A list of American Trails bike trail-related links
International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA), a great resource for bike trails.

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Commuter Programs
Employer and employee guides for bicycling to work
More resources for encouraging employees to bike to work
Create-a-Commuter, a program from the Community Cycling Center in Portland, OR.
Bicycle commuter Mentor Program in Charlotte, NC.
Information on Spokane, WA's Bike Buddy Program.

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Integrated Networks
Link to Boulder, CO – a city with a well-integrated network.
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bicyclinginfo.org

Seek Funding and Build Support

Having the backing to invest in bicycle improvements and programs is essential to any community or organization. This section discusses strategies to garner long term political and financial support for bicycling and pedestrian facilities and other programs through institutionalization. It examines several keyfunding sources—governmental, private, and others-at various community levels. It also provides a brief history of major federal legislation that has provided funding for bicycle improvements.

Bicycling Basics:

Bicycling Solutions:

Bicycling Resources:

TopSites in Safari is a killer feature

Monday, June 22, 2009

Pedaling Revolution

How Cyclists are Changing America's Cities.

Active Tranportation for America: The case for Increased Federal Investment in Bicycling and Walking

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Alliance for Biking and Walking Advocacy Grants

The Alliance for Biking & Walking will award a total of $250,000 in
2009. Advocacy Advance Grants will range from $5,000–$30,000.
Approximately $125,000 will be available for Round 1 and another
$125,000 in Round 2. Each round will include a balance of Start-up and
Innovation Grants. The Alliance’s ability to award grants is dependent
upon receipt of the support pledged for this program.

Start-up / Capacity Building Grant Funding Priorities

These grants are to help catapult emerging and developing organizations with matching challenge grants. Awards of $5,000–$30,000 will match dollar for dollar new funds raised within six months. These funds are to help leverage private and public investment and launch campaigns that are proven to grow bicycling and walking. Priority for Start-up Grants will be given to organizations serving cities and states with the greatest potential for biking and walking advocacy organizations. Funding may be used to develop staff, membership, and resources to reach target outcomes that both support an increase in biking and walking and sustain the organization. Advance funding will be considered, but the majority of funding will be paid when funds have been raised and/or pledges have been committed in writing.

Innovation Grant Funding Priorities

These grants are intended to help organizations take bold steps to
increase bicycling, walking, and safety. These grants can be used to
fund activities that will:

Yield new sources of funding for biking and walking (e.g. new revenue streams and old programs that are ripe for change)
Spur groundbreaking designs (e.g. Euro designs, reprogramming of streets space)
Create innovative marketing and encouragement programs (e.g. new media, new audiences, social marketing)
Develop cause-related marketing and mainstream partnerships (e.g. transit, seniors, health, business)
Improve, expand or extend an existing program that promises further success

The
goal is to create successful models that can spread throughout North
America. Priority for Innovation Grants will be given to established
organizations who demonstrate a clear work plan to develop and freely
share their innovative program. Grants from $5,000–$30,000 will be
awarded for winning proposals. Matching funds and over-matches are
encouraged and will be evaluated favorably.

Advocacy Advance Grants Round 2:

Deadline for Inquiry Application: August 26, 2009
Inquiry Applicant Notification: September 11, 2009
Deadline for Full Proposal: October 13, 2009
Applicant Notification: October 30, 2009

In exceptional circumstances, grant applications outside the official grant rounds will be considered. Contact Chanda for more details.

Applications must be complete and all attachments e-mailed to grants@PeoplePoweredMovement.org by the deadline date. Incomplete and late applications will not be considered. If you have questions or need help with your application, do not wait until the last minute to contact the Alliance staff.

Alliance for Biking and Walking--Research and Issues

Research/Issues

Find reports, articles, and statistics that you need to support your advocacy work. Resource topics in this category include bicycling, walking and automobile stats, transportation and the environment, health, safety, and social and environmental justice.

Bike Stats

Find information on bicycling including bicycle use, safety, the bike industry, bicycling fact sheets, and how you can access local data.

Car Stats

Find statistics on autombile use and socioeconomics.

Economics

If you are looking to make a case for how bicycling, walking, and community design can have positive economic effects you've come to the right place! Also find data relating to road use and taxes, and the cost of cars.

Environment

If you want to make an argument for the environmental benefits of bicycling and walking you've come to the right place! Find data on the effect of transportation infrastructure and mode choice on habitat fragmentation, biodiversity, air pollution, and global warming. Find reports and fact sheets that reveal the environmental impacts of a car-dominated culture and how bicycling and walking are a big part of the green transportation solution.

Health

Find resources here to help you argue for the health benefits of bicycling and walking. Included are resources on the obesity epidemic and how bicycling, walking, and community design can contribute to improved public health.

Policies & Legislation

Find information here on policies and legislation that support bicycling and walking including policies for funding, complete streets policies, and those that protect safety.

Safety

Find reports and data on bicycle and pedestrian safety and ways you can promote safety in your community.

Social & Environmental Justice

Find resources on transportation equity including affordable housing and transportation and data on the socioeconomics of transportation.

Walking Stats

Find data on walking mode share, pedestrian safety, and other stats related to walking.

Paris' Bike Rental System A Global Revolution for City Cycling?

(from BikesBelong)

In July 2007, a short-term bike rental program called Vélib debuted in Paris. Designed and created by outdoor advertising giant JCDecaux, the program includes 20,600 rental bikes at 1,451 stations throughout the city, providing an inexpensive, convenient way for people to use bikes for short trips.

The response has been amazing. Parisians and visitors alike are using the bikes in huge numbers, racking up 11 million trips by November 2007. A bike rental is free for the first 30 minutes, approximately $1.50 for the next half hour, and incrementally more expensive for longer periods. This tiered price structure makes the bikes appealing for short-term trips but discourages users from keeping them overnight, ensuring a ready supply throughout the city.

The Paris program has revolutionized bicycling in the city. As word spreads of its success—and of other programs in Lyon, Barcelona, Vienna, and Berlin—cities worldwide are taking notice. Portland, Oregon; San Francisco, California; Washington, D.C.; and Chicago, Illinois, are just a few of the U.S. cities expressing interest in creating similar programs.

To help spread the word, Bikes Belong created a short video about the Paris program. Check it out to see the bike system in action and learn more about how it works.

Bikes Belong Vélib Video: approximately 4:49

Bikes Belong presents: Velib from Bikes Belong Coalition on Vimeo

Read these articles to learn more about how Vélib is inspiring cities worldwide.

New York Times: Finding Liberté on Two Wheels

Economist: Vive la Vélorution!

BusinessWeek: Paris Bike Rental Scheme Goes Global

AFP Wire: European-Style Bike-Sharing Programs Head to U.S.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

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Write to a Google Spreadsheet from a Python script

Write to a Google Spreadsheet from a Python script: "Write to a Google Spreadsheet from a Python script

Suppose you want to write to a Google Spreadsheet from a Python script. Here’s an example spreadsheet that you might want to update from a script:"

#!/usr/bin/python

import time
import gdata.spreadsheet.service

email = 'youraccount@gmail.com'
password = 'yourpassword'
weight = '180'
# Find this value in the url with 'key=XXX' and copy XXX below
spreadsheet_key = 'pRoiw3us3wh1FyEip46wYtW'
# All spreadsheets have worksheets. I think worksheet #1 by default always
# has a value of 'od6'
worksheet_id = 'od6'

spr_client = gdata.spreadsheet.service.SpreadsheetsService()
spr_client.email = email
spr_client.password = password
spr_client.source = 'Example Spreadsheet Writing Application'
spr_client.ProgrammaticLogin()

# Prepare the dictionary to write
dict = {}
dict['date'] = time.strftime(’%m/%d/%Y’)
dict['time'] = time.strftime(’%H:%M:%S’)
dict['weight'] = weight
print dict

entry = spr_client.InsertRow(dict, spreadsheet_key, worksheet_id)
if isinstance(entry, gdata.spreadsheet.SpreadsheetsList):
print “Insert row succeeded.”
else:
print “Insert row failed.”

That’s it. Run the script to append a new row to the current spreadsheet. By the way, if you make a chart from the spreadsheet data, you can right-click on the chart, select “Publish chart…” from the menu, and get a snippet of HTML to copy/paste that will embed the chart on a web page. It will look like this:

That’s a live image served up by Google, and when the spreadsheet gets new data, the image should update too.

Rochester's ARTWalk 2: Growing in every direction | Daily Record (Rochester, NY) | Find Articles at BNET

Rochester's ARTWalk 2: Growing in every direction |

The City of Rochester will use designated federal stimulus funds to extend ARTWalk in every direction and improve University Avenue, Mayor Robert J. Duffy announced late last week.

The permanent urban art trail connects arts centers and public spaces in Rochester's Neighborhood of the Arts.

ARTWalk was one of 59 projects statewide to receive some of $81 million in federal money designated for non-traditional transportation. Roch-ester received $3,839,000.

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The project plans also include extended sections of artistic sidewalk trails along University Avenue to the west, and on Goodman Street; a raised pedestrian crosswalk along North Goodman to create a safe connection between the art trail and Village Gate; a new artistic bus shelter for RTS buses at College Avenue and Goodman Street.

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A pedestrian welcome plaza at the corner of University and North Goodman on the Memorial Art Gallery grounds will offer seating, lighting, iconic public art and interpretive elements, the city announced.

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Since ARTWalk began in 2000, neighborhood housing prices in- creased by 30 percent, and crime has dropped, according to the city.

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quirky is a social product development company. Your product ideas come in, our community works on them, we sell your product worldwide, and 30¢ of every dollar brought in gets distributed amongst you and the product's influencers.

You have a product idea... Go ahead, drop the $99 and post your [non-electronic product] idea on quirky...
Our quirky community takes it from there. ... If you get them on your side, they’ll vote your product in, make you that week’s winner, and it’s onto...
This is where the professionals get involved. So turn over the reigns to our top guns of industrial design and mechanical engineering. They take your idea, create a 2D sketch of it, kick that baby into 3D, and come up with a shelf-ready photorealistic image, complete with packaging...
And the whole time, the community’s still got your back. ... Everyone gets to weigh in on everything - your product’s design, name, packaging, color scheme, kitchen sink, etc.l...
Yep, sell it. Virtually at first - based on your product’s price point, we’ll determine just how many units we need to pre-sell before we can really go the distance. Our community’s been on your side all along, surely they want what you’ve created with their help...and then they’ll tell 10 people...and they’ll tell 10 people...and they’ll...
Once your number’s up...it’s on. Plants will manufacture, trucks will be loaded, truckers will pop Vivarin, products will be delivered, and eventually...you’ll find yourself walking down the street one day, minding your own business, possibly thinking up your next great scheme, when...seemingly out of nowhere...you spot someone rocking the product *you* (ahem - with a little quirky help) invented.
he deal is this: 30¢ of every dollar your product earna friendly split between you, the ideator, and your band of merry influencers. Of course you’ll be the top earner - we’re not Marxists here - These funds will be available within a few minutes of our daily report, and accessible via our quirky-issued kluster debit card, which can be used at ATMs worldwide. Boom!

Serve.gov | Getting Started | Public Lands Stewardship: Tips: Public Lands Stewardship

Prevent water erosion and other natural damage

Water is a trail’s worst enemy. Storms can wash out trails and sever tree limbs, blocking a trail or making it unsafe for hikers. Even normal levels of rainfall can cause erosion and have long term effects on a trail.
In 2007, The United States Forest Service published the Trail Construction and Maintenance Notebook. is a beginner’s manual for building or maintaining a sustainable trail. At a minimum, all trail construction or maintenance volunteers should review the Forest Service Notebook before participating in a trail project.

Get local guidance

Some local trail groups may provide volunteers additional training tailored for their geography or climate conditions. If there are no groups in your area, more in-depth training is available through non-governmental organizations. The Professional Trail Builders Association For a more hands-on experience, the International Mountain Bicycling Association travels the country conducting Trail-building Schools.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

www.athenaaktipis.com - C. Athena Aktipis

www.athenaaktipis.com - C. Athena Aktipis: "C. Athena Aktipis

Cooperation, Cognition and Agent-Based Modeling

How do individuals navigate the complex problems associated with social living? What kinds of cognitive and behavioral systems underlie decisions to cooperate with others or to leave a group? My work has investigated these questions through evolutionary agent-based simulations, focusing especially on simple rules underlying cooperation and social movement such as the Walk Away strategy.

News

May 12, 2009: Athena Aktipis's interactive learning tools are featured in David Sloan Wilson's blog at the Huffington Post. Wilson says: 'Athena's teaching method gives students a visceral feel for the generality of multilevel selection... William D. Hamilton, the legendary founder of inclusive fitness theory (dubbed kin selection by John Maynard Smith), required several years and lots of math to reach the same conclusion.'"

The Limits of Control - Happy Days Blog - NYTimes.co

The Limits of Control - Happy Days Blog - NYTimes.com

Studies show that people feel more confident they’ll win at dice if they toss the dice themselves than if others toss them [2], and that they are likely to bet more money if they make their wager before the dice are tossed than afterward (where the outcome has been concealed)[3]. They’ll value a lottery ticket more if they can choose it than if it is given to them at random[4]. And in a well-known 1975 study in which Yale University students were asked to predict the results of coin tosses, a significant number of presumably intelligent Yalies believed their performance could improve through practice, and would have been hampered if they’d been distracted.[5] In each of these situations, the subjects knew that the enterprises in which they were engaged were unpredictable and beyond their control. When questioned, for example, none of the lottery players said they believed that being allowed to choose their card influenced their probability of winning. Yet on a deep, subconscious level they must have felt it did, because they behaved as if it did.

Monday, June 15, 2009

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Grow Straight Bamboo

Grow Straight Bamboo
Originally uploaded by Jon Schull

Vertical farming meets bamboo bike building (and other applications that need REALLY straight bamboo).

The most difficult part of building the frame was to find quality bamboo rods. It took me much more time than the building itself. I visited several dealers in near surroundings and I tried to find appropriate rods of the necessary diameters from huge amount of bamboo. Finally I found a few rods I wanted, but frankly said, next time I build such a frame, I'll rather grow my own bamboo or fly to Asia for it. -- BME - Brano Meres

electric motorcycles and scooters

the rider
the rider is an electric trike designed by israili designer elisha wetherhorn. the super-light design is collapsible and boasts a small electric motor that can power the bike up to 15kph for around 4 hours. The aluminum frame of the trike keeps it light, weighing only 14 kg. the design even manages to squeeze in regenerative braking to keep its 24 volt battery powered up on a trip. the unique two-wheeled back allows the rider to carve turns, giving the trike optimal stability.

Trik.E : 3-Wheeled Single Seater Vehicle by Eric Stoddard | Future Technology

BME - Brano Meres

BME - Brano Meres

The most difficult part of building the frame was to find quality bamboo rods. It took me much more time than the building itself. I visited several dealers in near surroundings and I tried to find appropriate rods of the necessary diameters from huge amount of bamboo. Finally I found a few rods I wanted, but frankly said, next time I build such a frame, I'll rather grow my own bamboo or fly to Asia for it.

Concept Design: ubicycle | CONTINUUM

02. ubicycle

ubicycle Public Bicycle Service System

The Ubicycle service is composed of three primary elements. First, is an easy access key card that can be charged with funds for any kind of public transportation, including trains and buses. Smart chips not only identify the user of the bike, but also allows unlocking of the rack and bicycle.

The cards will employ RFID technology, adding greater convenience by speeding up checkout and authentication processes.
The modular racking station allows easy installation and efficient use of space. 14 bicycles racked on these stations occupy the same amount of space as a parking space for one car.
Solar power will help run these stations on a day-to-day basis, providing energy for the key reader and locking mechanisms.

CSI on google Maps

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YouTube - RIT on TV News: 3-Innovation Center Art

YouTube - RIT on TV News: 3-Innovation Center Art

Nancy Gong discusses here glass mural in the Innovation Center.
"You have to ask questions in order to find the answer."

Saturday, June 13, 2009

High Line Bleachers

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Originally uploaded by Jon Schull

Elecric Mountainboard

Electric Mountainboard
Hmm, Mountainboards.

Electric Mountain Board - More cool how to projects

Monday, June 08, 2009

Mike's Recumbent Trike Links

Welcome to the

weird, wonderful world of

Recumbent Trikes

A survey of 3-wheelers from around the world,

past and present

Fallbrook Technologies

Fallbrook Technologies:
The NuVinci transmission uses a set of rotating and tilting balls positioned between the input and output components of a transmission that tilt to vary the speed of the transmission.

Tilting the balls changes their contact diameters and varies the speed ratio. As a result, the NuVinci CVP offers seamless and continuous transition to any ratio within its range, thus maximizing overall powertrain efficiency, with no jarring or shocks from the shifting process, and improving acceleration, performance and overall vehicle efficiency over conventional transmissions.

ReneKMueller.com: Recumbents

Mobility

Recumbent

History Modern Recumbents Long Rider Short Rider Low Rider How To Build Manuals Links Hubdynamo Diamond Frame (DF) vs Recumbents Bicycle Science

Mobility Diary

How To Build Manuals

JetTrike.com , various shortrider with tilted wheels and front-wheel drive, with detailed plans
RecycledRecumbent.com , long-rider from a normal bike
Zephyr.nl , frame-kit
DutchBikes.nl , does not sell frame kits anymore, but KS2 2.9 Manual (PDF) still available
MARS (Metro Area Recumbent Society) , great people sharing their enthusiasm, incl. plans
WISIL (Wisconscon-Illinois Human Powered Vehicle group) , another excellent site
T.D. Traylor Front Wheel Drive , sells plans
ManyTracks.com: Self-Built Recumbents Gallery , lot of examples with links
Jim Scozzafava's Recumbent Passion , detailed photos of custom built carbon fiber frames

Joe Wilson: Bicycle Science (Chapter 1) PDF (30p sample chapter)
Google Books: Joe Wilson, Bicycle Science 3rd Edition
Cornell: Bicycle Mechanics, Overview of Papers & Links , dozens of papers in PDF

Kreuzotter.de , diverse online calculators
Analytic Cycling.com , provides technical methods for evaluating and estimating cycling performance and parameters

New York Bicycling Coalition | Home

Home

Welcome to the website of the New York Bicycling Coalition, the premier resource for bicycling information in New York State.

R.A.R.E. Rochester Area Recumbent Enthusiasts

R.A.R.E.

The highlight of our season is the RARE2K rally!!

The date for 2009 is now confirmed for
Saturday, June 27.

A ton of other great rides are also available through the Rochester Bicycling Club.
It is not a requirement that one be an RBC member to participate in the club rides
(although it is certainly encouraged and appreciated).
A calendar of club rides is available through the club's website at:

ROCHESTER BICYCLING CLUB (RBC)
last updated 01/02/09

Modular, Sporty, Flexible Steintrikes from Bike Revolution : TreeHugger

Steintrike Mungo Sport takes the stairs photo

The amazing suspension in the Mungo Sport trike makes going anywhere easy.

Most Energy-Efficient Form of Travel Ever Devised : TreeHugger

Most Energy-Efficient Form of Travel Ever Devised : TreeHugger:

"“The bicycle—the most energy-efficient form of travel ever devised—deserves better. Pound for pound, a person on a bicycle expends less energy than any creature or machine covering the same distance. (A human walking spends about three times as much energy per pound; even a salmon swimming spends about twice as much.)”"

WCB - World Public Bike Strategies - Index

WCB - World Public Bike Strategies - Index
The New Mobility Agenda
The Politics of Transportation: New thinking & world-wide collaborative problem-solving

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What is this all about?

A city bike program has the potential of providing for your city a proven, workable, affordable, near-term city transforming new mobility measure that you and your colleagues should probably be looking at closely. It is our view that with proper preparation you can adapt and put it to work in your city. But there is more to it than one may at first think. This collaborative program is intended to help you gain time and focus in this process.

There are three important structural points about these systems which may not be immediately self-evident.

The Amazing Revival of the Bicycle | Project for Public Spaces (PPS)

New public bike systems debuting in Paris, Barcelona and other cities mark the dawn of personal rapid transit

Today there are more than 100 public bike systems underway, the most famous being the huge new system created in Paris last summer under the name Vélib’ (roughly free bike). There are more than 15,000 currently in service and with the full fleet up to 20,000 by the end of this year. Other large systems are in operation or underway in Barcelona, Lyon, Rome, Berlin, and in North America there are several dozen cities looking carefully at this idea, with projects about to be launched in Chicago, San Francisco, Montreal, Vancouver and Washington DC.

What is most promising about these new transportation systems is how efficiently and simply they work. Think of them as tiny transit vehicles you can pick up where you want, when you want, go to exactly where you want and leave them there. They offer the same convenience of the car but without all the problems—from parking to traffic jams to pollution to sprawl. They are truly a form personal rapid transit.

Saturday, June 06, 2009

Electric recumbent bicycles - Hack a Day

8020 Chopper

8020 Chopper - More DIY How To Projects

Friday, June 05, 2009

Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Free Bike Rentals in NYC

Free Bike Rentals in NYC

If you're visiting New York City this summer or you're an urbanite looking for a green way to spend an afternoon, Bike Around Downtown is offering up bike rentals all summer long: for free!

Tricycle Round Up: Three Wheels Better than Two? : TreeHugger

Tricycle Round Up: Three Wheels Better than Two? : TreeHugger windcheetah hypersport photo.jpg

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Social Innovation Camp

Social Innovation Camp:
We had an amazing 133 ideas submitted to come to Social Innovation Camp Scotland June 09.
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Community Investors Club

This idea helps people to form clubs to invest regular sums in small and micro-businesses in their own community. The judges thought this was hugely topical in the current recession and suggested that, rather than investment, it might focus on loans. Loans would be legally less complex than investment and there are already similar models to learn from - it’s a kind of hyper-local Zopa or Kiva. It’s also drawing on old ideas which provide an alternative to banking, such as credit unions. Community Investors Club was originally a closed submission, but it’s now up our site with all the others here.

Community Investors Club

This idea helps people to form clubs to invest regular sums in small and micro-businesses in their own community. The judges thought this was hugely topical in the current recession and suggested that, rather than investment, it might focus on loans. Loans would be legally less complex than investment and there are already similar models to learn from - it’s a kind of hyper-local Zopa or Kiva. It’s also drawing on old ideas which provide an alternative to banking, such as credit unions. Community Investors Club was originally a closed submission, but it’s now up our site with all the others here.
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The Social Innovation Camp was first created and run in the UK. Now it’s springing up all over the place; other people are taking the idea and running their own thing.

The Centre for Social Innovation is bringing it to New Zealand later on this year, and the Central and Eastern Europe Civil Society Forum are planning theirs for September 2009. You can find more of the details here.

We reckon that each Social Innovation Camp will be slightly different, but its DNA is always the same.

We hope Social Innovation Camp shows that if you have a little faith in people, they can do amazing things for all sorts of different reasons - whether it’s to solve a problem; to do something that’s worth doing or because it’s simply really good fun.

We believe the incredible thing about the web and new technologies is that they make all of this possible by helping people to organise things better for themselves. And Social Innovation Camp is all about making that a practical reality by helping people create the next generation of social start-ups.

But our really grand vision is that the Social Innovation Camp might play a small part in creating a big change: a shift where people don’t just complain about stuff that needs fixing or rely on government/companies/charities to do it for them. Instead, we want to give people the confidence, connections and skills they need to start up their own thing and mend something that’s broken.

So, wherever you are in the world, stop whinging, get excited and fix stuff.

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Green Wheel - Smart Mobility and Ubiquitous Computing

Green Wheel - Smart Mobility and Ubiquitous Computing
Scenarios

Mobile Experience Lab and Smart Cities Group worked together to envision future scenarios describing design opportunities related to topics that deal with social navigation, distributed data sensing, healthcare, bike sharing racks optimization, peer-to-peer freight, urban races and civic engagement. The final outcome consists in a 7 minutes video that proposes our vision on Smart Mobility & Ubiquitous Computing.

.00| Intro

A general introduction on the Green Wheel features and its functionalities.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Posted on 16 January 2009 by Shawn Brown Tags: 3G iPhone, Apple iPhone, media

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Electric Bike Conversion Kit Motorino-500

Assembly Required!

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Seek Funding and Build Support

Bicycling Basics:

Bicycling Solutions:

Bicycling Resources:

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

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