Sentences with phrase «human pedal power»

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Altima's 4 - wheel power - assisted disc brake system was also re-engineered utilizing human ergonomic studies to optimize pedal travel and force, providing a premium blend of immediate response, confident braking and reduced fatigue.

Fyodor's Carousel was animated by a centripetal acceleration and ran off the audience's pedal - power; it rotated on its own axis and the force driving it signalled the human intimacy at its heart.

The pedals may only be included on the vehicle to keep it classified as a «human - powered vehicle» so as to not have to comply with regulations that cover either full - size cars or small electric vehicles, and even if the rider isn't really charging the battery very efficiently while driving it, having 37 miles per charge could be a useful, and cleaner, option all on its own.

The PodBike quadricycle claims to be human - powered, but not directly, as its pedals turn a generator instead of the wheels.

A non-punitive approach to the issue might involve encouraging the use of pedal - assist bikes for delivery work, which amplify human power but require the rider to expend some energy.

While it is easily possible to argue about the human rights aspect of pedal - powered rickshaws (there's certainly a bit of difference in the type of people involved in the biz in India compared to their limited

The 2008 book «The Human - Powered Home: Choosing Muscles Over Motors», which has plans for several kinds of pedal powered machines, estimates the costs of a DIY generator at about $ 50 (using scavenged parts) to $ 350 (using new parts), not including a bicycle stand and replacement batPowered Home: Choosing Muscles Over Motors», which has plans for several kinds of pedal powered machines, estimates the costs of a DIY generator at about $ 50 (using scavenged parts) to $ 350 (using new parts), not including a bicycle stand and replacement batpowered machines, estimates the costs of a DIY generator at about $ 50 (using scavenged parts) to $ 350 (using new parts), not including a bicycle stand and replacement batteries.

This explains why pedal power is often laughed at in the western world but enthusiastically welcomed in the developing world, where, for instance, methods of agriculture still rely heavily on the use of human power using primitive tools which are usually inefficient.

The main problem with our approach to pedal powered machines is that we compare them to fossil fuel powered machines and not to the inefficient human powered tools and machines that went before them.

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Competitive riders who can average above 208 watts of power (normal humans can pedal at about 100 watts for an average commute) can benefit from the belt drive as the chain friction increases faster than the belt at these high loads.

From the to the world - record setting longest tandem to the backwards bicycle, humans have never stopped having fun with pedal - power.

Posted on May 25, 2011 at 02:38 PM in Agriculture, Cover story, DIY, Energy production, Factories, Flywheels, Foot powered machines, Gardening, Human energy, Human powered machines, Kinetic energy, Low - tech solutions, Pedal power, Treadles, Wireless technology, Zero emissions Permalink Comments (46)

Posted on May 25, 2011 at 02:32 PM in Batteries, Bicycles, Cover story, DIY, Ecotech, Embodied energy, Energy, Energy production, Flywheels, Foot powered machines, Human energy, Human powered machines, Kinetic energy, Pedal power Permalink Comments (48)

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Pedal power epitomises the type of solutions we need to embrace for a brighter future: efficient, accessible, human scale, non-polluting, simple, field - repairable, etc..

While human - generated energy has previously been mostly limited to one - off solutions rigged together by inventive tinkerers, at least four gyms globally have now gotten in on the act, using the power from their members pedaling to reduce their energy bills, and in one case, even give back a little bit of the savings to gym goers!

Moped: A motorized bicycle that is designed to be operated with human power through the use of pedals.