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He-Man or not, pedaling up a steep slope can knock the wind out the healthiest of us all. Thats why we need hybrid bikes like the Wind-Solar Energy Bike. Bikes like this harness wind energy, solar energy, shock energy and muscle power, only to be used at those tough climbs or when you turn lazy! The spoiler of this bike is covered with solar panels and is fixed below the handles of the bike to produce lifting force for lightening the weight of the bike.

There are 4 areas that assist in harnessing the energy to stock it up in the rechargeable battery. They are: the adjustable solar energy plane, the Spoiler, the Two front forks and the front and back wheels.

Innovative Features

The adjustable solar energy plane:

The adjustable solar energy plane is put below the main pipe of the bike; it can absorb solar energy at ordinary times, while riding in a long way, solar energy plane can be pull to expand to absorb more solar energy directly.

Spoiler:

Spoiler is a combination of Solar-cell Coating and Wind-power electricity generator; it is affixed below the handle of the bike. The Spoiler can produce the electric energy through wind-force and solar energy; through under the function of the air current. This makes the Spoiler to produce the driving up force and lighten weight of the bike. The front of the spoiler has a headlight, it can be removed to function as a flashlight.

Two front forks:

There is a coil and magnet set up at the two front forks, the gravity of rider will cause shaking force, which make the magnetic field to cut the coil, so that it will generate electric energy.

Front and back wheel:

A motor and electricity coils setting is designed at the Front and back wheel. It can produce electric energy while rotating at ordinary times. When the Winsolar is climbing a slope and the biker too tired to pedal, he can switch over to the automatic motor, to make the ascend.

Designer: Chen Chun Tung

General rule about public spaces, speaking too loud is akin to invading someone’s personal space. It’s intrusive and sets off a round of evil eyes. I could care less what people think of me which is why this concept came across my desk. “Helmet To Hear Oneself Speak” is a paper helmet you print. Words bounce off the mouth shield into the ear ducts amplifying your volume which is supposed to encourage you to speak softly.

Another helmet called the “Helmet For Telling Secrets” assists secret telling. If people weren’t staring at you before, they sure as hell well be looking now.

Designer: Jessica Frelinghuysen

Richard Jenkins and his Greenbird currently holds the world land speed record for a wind powered vehicle with a speed of 126.1 mph (202.9 km/h). If BMW were to get serious about the Blue Dynamics Land Yacht, I have no doubts that it would probably smash the record. With the killer combination of BMWs efficient dynamics and active hybrid greener emmision programs; its hard for Blue Dynamics not to succeed.

Entry to the cockpit of the vehicle is via the elevating windscreen and the rigid sail adjusts according to the wind direction automatically or manually, through the sail control unit inside the cockpit.

I am still drooling over the sexy finish and the luxe interiors.

Designer: Stefan Radev

Every month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting designs that was showcased here. Below youll find the most popular designs weve tracked over the last 30 days – an overview of designs you shouldnt have missed in August 2009.

10) Airsquare Shelving System by Oliver Schick. Permalink Hits: 7696

9) Braile Mug by Sang-hoon Lee & Yong-bum Lim. Pemalink Hits: 8159

8 ) Universal Phone for the Blind by Seunghan Song. Permalink Hits: 8351

7) Kitchen Timer by Emma Caselton. Permalink Hits: 9199

6) Slip Grips by Stanton Burns. Permalink Hits: 9719

5) Water Gate by Michael Tatschi, Sascha Mikel & Martin Schnabl. Permalink Hits: 10252

4) Map & Projector by Jin-Sun Park & Seon-keun Park. Permalink Hits: 12911

3) SmartMeasure Kitchen Measuring Cup by Ryan Eder & Chris Daniels. Permalink Hits: 15294

2) Artistic Sex Toys by Jacobo Munoz. Permalink Hits: 22477

1) The Window Phone by Seunghan Song. Permalink Hits: 54716

Did you know 77% of the world’s plastic bottles end up in landfills? That amounts to tens of metric tons of waste every year. If recycling isn’t the only answer, maybe we need to think of new ways to extend the lives of these bottles. Seeds in the Bottle is a project by designer Yun Hwan Sung with a little surprise in each package. Tiny herb seeds are stored inside a pocket you release into the bottle when you’re done with it. Invert the bottle, fill with potting mix, water and instead of filling up landfills, you have an herb garden.

Designer: Yun Hwan Sung

Sony unveiled their motion control intentions at this year’s E3 game expo so designer Anh Nguyen must be riding the same wavelength because his PSi concept also features wand-like motion controllers. The console leaves a little something to be desired but the wands are very interesting. You can stack the wands for various games like tug-o-war or add weights if you insist on the video game fitness craze going on right now. If Anh wants to really impress, he better come up with renders showing the wands as light sabers and disrupters. PEW PEW!

Designer: Anh Nguyen

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So what if your drawing sucks, the JustDrawIt unit wont mind; it will in fact help to manage the power supply to the various household equipments hooked on to it. How? A main device and several remote-controlled receivers visualize the service life of your synced electrical appliances. A haptic interface allows you to hand-draw on the timeline-based main unit, defining the period of usage. When the time’s up, the equipment will be automatically turned off. Oh shoot! Just One Thing…you cant misplace the pen now!

Designer: Pega Design

The everlasting enigma. How do you satisfy hundreds and thousands of plane passengers who are very, very unsatisfiable. These people travel back, and forth, and back, and forth! And then there’s the people who ride first class! We won’t worry about them. This seat is for the everyperson. This seat is adjustable and comfortable and it looks truly simple.

It’s gotta be so nice that the passenger doesn’t even take a second thought of it. Check out that nicely placed control panel there: lift and lower for lumbar! Combinations of leg support for those danglers in your life! Backbone tilter for sitting upright or backdown! And the best part: the full-stand position for easy entering and exiting of the lovely and lucky airplane.

Designer: Netta Shalgi

The Pitcher. Can you see that little musical note? I hope you can, because that’s what’s up here. Music. See the pitcher (or the glass, or the tin,) or anything else that contains liquid and works in this way: flick the container with your finger. It makes a sound. Drink some of the liquid, and flick it again. It makes a different sound. How does this work into a plan for another unique “Mactastic” invention? Look ahead!

There is noone quite like Mac Funamizu. He can churn out wild quality ideas like they’re so many candy bits from a bag. The Pitcher works like any other pitcher except for the tuning bar handle and the mallet which strikes the bar.

As you can see in the simple chart below, the higher the liquid level, the higher the note. If the liquid is gone, the note is low!

Designer: Mac Funamizu

For quite a while I used to believe that infidelity is a state of mind. This was till I realized that porn and men are like inseparable and therefore every man would be a fantasizing infidel! Better than putting a leash on your partner and curbing natural instincts, is the set of TooRings that Fix Your Love. The set consists of 4 rings that represent practical advice of tightening your relationship, not screwing it up, smoothing the rough patches and building bridges.

The rings are:

Hexagon: a 5mm inner hexagon spanner
Always remember tightening your relationship…

Cruciform: a cruciform screw driver
Never screw up your relationship with loved one…

#1: a number 1 file
Smoothen your relationship with care when necessary

3CM: a 30mm ruler
By doing all these you two will be closer than 30mm!

Designer: Li Jianye

Must there always be a reason to do a giveaway? Hell yes otherwise no one wants to sponsor one!

Luckily for YD and its loyal community, there is a company as honest in its views as ours. Im talking about the elegant Nooka, who have graciously agreed to do a giveaway for ussimply because they too feel that YD readers DESERVE something special! Its our (YD& Nookas) way of reciprocating loyalty.

Simply tell us what would you do if you WON a NOOKA ZON! Would you do the jiggy, show-it-off to other netizens or Call us and tell us you LOVE US?

Heres a quickie on the Zon, its a beautiful timepiece that sports a 35x 45mm dot matrix display. It also features a list of cities and timezones and boasts a mirror-finish display. It comes in three rich colors: Black, White & GunMetal. Priceless, just like you folks!

Contest Ends: September 8, 12:00am PST