We wrote up the Uno for the first time back in 2008, then again in 2009. It started out as a high school project where Benjamin Gulak put together an electric motorcycle with parallel wheels, moving forward and backward like a Segway. It was a pretty neat project for a high school student, but it [...]
Alternative thinking
The John Britten story is simply amazing. If you visit The Kneeslider, you’re probably aware that he designed and built the motorcycle that bears his name, but until watching this DVD, I didn’t really know many of the details about the person behind the bike and the team of people he assembled to create this [...]
When your wife says, “You’re too old to ride motorcycles, you might get hurt,” just smile and say “Honey, I’m doing this for you so I can build up my bones.” No, really. The science is on your side. A daily dose of whole body vibration is good for you. A daily dose of whole [...]
Ideas. Everything we do, everything we build, everything around us not found in nature begins with an idea. When you think about it that way, improving our idea generating skills would seem to be a good idea in itself. Steven Johnson decided to dig into the process, examining some of the biggest and best ideas [...]
