The Copenhagen Wheel – Revolutionary Technology To Convert Any Bicycle Into A Hybrid

Rohit — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:33:16 +0000

Copenhagen Wheel is a revolutionary concept which has been materialized by a team of researchers from MIT. This is a wonderful wheel that implements re-generative braking on your bicycle. This wheel has an arrangement of saving the energy when you apply brakes. In normal bicycle, energy will turn into heat, in this wheel, it will be converted into re-usable electric energy stored in batteries. This energy will be used to give a power boost next time you start pedaling. This means that you can save the energy and use it which will otherwise go waste in form of heat when you apply the brakes. The story does not end here, its much more than this. The Copenhagen Wheel has been made intelligent with the use of wonderful mobile and computing technologies. This system is integrated with Smart-phones like iPhone which will keep a track of friends using Copenhagen Wheel, Rider’s fitness, smog and traffic conditions using the mobile network. [photo courtesy] The best part is the neat implementation of the concept inside the wheel hub which makes it extremely easy to Install on any Standard bike. Below Video will make the concept and working really clear: If you consider this [...]

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Cars In Year 2020 – Future Of Car Technologies

Rohit — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:22:33 +0000

I am no astrologer but an Engineer with a vision and innovative thoughts. When I look at the cars around me I realize how much these car have evolved in last 10 years. The changes are huge and drastic considering technological advances. But bigger changes are yet to come, or should I say the changes are coming faster than ever before. I keep reading and thinking about the technologies, and I also have several ideas in my mind that i would like to have in cars. In this article I will try to list the technologies which I feel will be really common in cars of future. Alternative Sources Of Energy : First and foremost, I don’t see the conventional petrol or gasoline or diesel going a long way into future. The fuel prices are bound to shoot with time and depletion of crude oil from planet would make things worse. I feel the next big thing will be electrically driven cars or maybe hybrid cars which have electrical as well as conventional fuel burning engines. But electrical cars have better future prospects because they are technically simpler than combustion based engines. One of the most beautiful example of this [...]

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The Copenhagen Wheel – Revolutionary Technology To Convert Any Bicycle Into A Hybrid

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