Tag Archives: bike

Siva Cycle Atom bike-powered battery charger eyes-on (video)

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It was just about a week ago that we first told you about Siva Cycle’s Atom, a pedal-powered battery charger that’s currently taking Kickstarter by storm, healthily surpassing its $85,000 goal, with 21 days to spare. Lo and behold, the kinetic per…


Specialized Turbo e-bike reaches the US, offers a speed boost for $5,900

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When Specialized’s Turbo e-bike launched last year, it was almost too fast for its own good when it couldn’t legally be sold in Europe and the US. The American riders, at least, won’t be held back now that the Turbo is on sale in their country. Th…


Inhabitat’s Week in Green: flying electric car, 3D-printed livers and a two-story-tall bike

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Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. The Northern Hemisphere is finally beginning to wake up from a long, cold winter, and green vehicles are …


Siva Cycle Atom charges USB devices with a pedal-powered battery pack (video)

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Bicycle-powered generators aren’t new concepts by any stretch, but they frequently generate AC power and sometimes can’t charge at all when the pedaling stops. Siva Cycle doesn’t think either limitation is very helpful for powering a smartphone du…


Siva Cycle Atom charges USB devices with a pedal-powered battery pack (video)

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Bicycle-powered generators aren’t new concepts by any stretch, but they frequently generate AC power and sometimes can’t charge at all when the pedaling stops. Siva Cycle doesn’t think either limitation is very helpful for powering a smartphone du…


Google Glass sightings become more frequent

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You had to know that Google Glass sightings would increase as Google looked to evolve its program to the next level. Another commuter was spotted with the smart glass sitting on his eye as he rode his bike throughout the streets of New York. We typically don’t see these sightings outside of the Bay area, [...]


Wahoo Fitness introduces RFLKT: an iPhone-powered bike computer that lets handsets stay in pockets

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Sure, you can turn your smartphone into a bike computer, but if you’d rather not put your pricey piece of tech anywhere near harm’s way, Wahoo Fitness’ RFLKT Bike Computer offers an alternative. Instead of packing all the brains, the device sits atop…


Inhabitat’s Week in Green: GPS shoes, shape-shifting bicycle and a wheelchair helicopter

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Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. Apple dominated the news cycle this week with the debut of the iPhone 5, as the internet was buzzing with de…


Personal Energy Orb Aruino project knows you haven’t been exercising, cripples your computer

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Spending too much time indoors? You need a Personal Energy Orb, a glowing Arduino powered ball that allows you to trade physical exertion for a tolerable mouse speed. Developed by two students at the University of Munich for a physical computing c…


Engadget takes a ride on the Faraday Porteur e-bike

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We’ve watched as Faraday Bicycles’ first offering, the Porteur electric bike, went from award-winning concept to a fully-fledged consumer product courtesy of Kickstarter. Recently, company founder Adam Vollmer offered us the chance to ride one, and n…