You have to replace the calories you burn riding something like that. By the time you eat the extra 500 calories worth of food, you could have produced enough ethanol to power that thing.
let me introduce you to the newer and sleeker design: The electric bicycle - With its standard design, it can fit into all preexisting bike racks and comes fully equipped with a 4 horsepower engine that charges as you petal, offering a consistently smooth ride both up and down hill. All this is offered at only a fraction of the cost of our previous models!
I like where your head is at but it's too slow and too big to ever be practical. And if it is fast then it's open and unsafe. Cars are inclosed with crumple zones, roofs, roll bars, windows air bags etc. I don't see this as a step forward, i see it as several steps back to early bicycle prototypes. :-/ I mean, why does it have to be a circle? Why not just be an electric bicycle since you have to pedal it anyway?
what happens if you get a little bit of grit stuck in between your wheel and frame? your fucked! espesialy going down hill doing a high speed human cart wheel!
The problem is that the person riding this is creating co2 to run it. The actual energy saving transport technology would use regenerative braking and would create less drag per passenger per mile or recover the drag energy.
Don't care for the name but the only reason I don't ride an electric assist recumbent or road bike daily to work is the lack if height making my being visible to other drivers a problem. This is stable and highly visible. Got any prototypes four sale?
Heck, I'd buy it. Pull out the electric motors, put in a gas engine, put razorblades on the wheels, attach mechanical arms, and SHAZAM. You now have General Grievous's vehicle. :)
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What a gimmick. Hit the brakes too hard and roll over.... pure genius. what the hell do people have against 2 freaking wheels - and not side by side like the silly Segway. Designers - listen up- ELECTRIC, RECUMBENT. 2 friggin' wheels, OR 3, but the pair go in the BACK. This one-wheel stuff is just silly, and we all know it...Wanna sit in the big wheel? - fine but put another wheel in front for stability. Try it.... you'll like it . Then get back to me....
a system such as this would require too much weight to actually pull off... the mechanical and electrical systems are still pretty heavy, but I figure once silicon carbide switches and supercapacitors come out designs such as this may be viable.
If the HEH was cheap enough people could afford one or two and then more people would have them. I wonder how Cheap the will be up on release, or will they be so expensive that it will be a Rich persons toy.
what a lame designe. now we are going to have hybrid bike thieves. yep, park the fucker in one of those chargers, come back and it's gone. **thumbs up**
high speed turning = death. so no swerving to miss animals or potholes. Also no suspension means that potholes will eat your ass, and thats no bueno.
i do like that youre trying to think outside of the box but this thing needs some serious work to it before reposting or youll just get laughed at. Perhaps stronger angling of the wheels so its more stable and have a strong counterbalanace in the back so you can brake and not flip.
Aerodynamically, it's a nightmare, and the disabled, those that are too tired after a long day's WORK, and old people, are left out. But I guess the UNFIT are to be sacrificed, huh?
Try to stop it, it would roll, and how about bad weather?
UTOPIA... Pandering to rich kid's guilt complexes...
lol. in the description you say you don't think people will notice that the voice is synthesized. I figured it out when the first thing it said was: He, the world's first human electric HYBRID VEHICLE!!! lol
I would like to see a real prototype and not this computer generated stuff. I'm trying to imagine the wheel, brake, and bearing systems in such a small profile wheel.
stop fucking posting vids that can work when u never god dam let them go on sale, stop talking ok? shut up and start selling the god damn things already we cant wait i bet these cars and stuff wont go on sale because of greedy car dealerships. what a world we live in
you couldn't make it spherical, no windows, unless it was all transparent
the entrance would be bulky and cumbersome.
giro's would have to be made to work with it to allow people to sit properly, which would be expensive, time consuming and heavy providing poor fuel economy.
Imagine the size it would need to be to fit say a family of 7 (big i know but becoming ever more common)
sorry to ruin that :P
but i was thinking of that a very long time ago and figured it wouldn't work for those reasons.
The whole is considerably less than the sum of its parts. It's an impractical design which is a step down from the same elements in more conventional applications. I really want to see a video of a full scale working prototype.
EnderEye thought most people wouldn't notice the electronic narration? Every other comment mentions it. It is VERY obvious, distracting, and just plain unpleasant.
If your battery input is human power alone, then this doesn't work efficiently. Also, both the generator and then motor cut down efficiency - one unit of energy in and something less than 1 out. Going up and down hills only provides a net gain with considerable braking against considerable mass in motion on the down side like a city bus. That's not done with bike-type vehicles. I would be surprised if a disabled person told you this is a good idea. Did you? If not, ask one.
Bah! I hate when videos have crappy computer voices. Is it really THAT hard to just find somone who will read 2 or 3 paragraphs aloud....Anyway I agree with other comments, this seems to just be a gimmick, If we want to save man kind then we cant go around slapping PV cells on everything, Does anyone realise how much energy it takes to extract and refine silicone for those things. Better to just use a bike, and yes you can get bikes for disabled people.
nice Utopian style car but we all don't live in a small nit community of socialists where we produce our means and share as a community. Good idea, wrong setting
But most people can. And there are already tricycles for disabled poeple. I would prefer a recumbent bicycle, also available as tricycle. This thing in the video is to dangerous.
Imagine driving down a hill/mountainn a little bit to fast and need to brake!
dumb. Unstable, no cargo room, unable to make quick turns, stops, or acceleration. Vehicle could be easily totaled rolling into.. anything warping the wheel(entire vehicle). Your marketing campaign blows. Your target market should be as a rec vehicle as it is unable to do anything useful.
how exactly does this stop quickly without "hamster balling" out of control. It would seem to me that the weight alone would not be enough to keep you from going head over heels, especially when the toe angle of wheels would seem to perpetuate the effect of stammering? Not trying to critique, just asking.
It's certainly cool looking. I have to wonder though if this whole side-by-side big wheels thing is practical. You'd think you'd see more of them around (side-by-side big wheel motorcycles, bicycles, Mopeds...) if it were.
Then again, it took a long time for anybody to come up with something as obvious as the rice cooker, and those are wonderful. So maybe you've got the right idea after all.
Regenerative breaking and solar panels... I wonder how much torque you could get from the battery... I guess as the Estor system gets better, the amount of storage and power will get better.
I think people should relax a bit and read the description before you start to comment. The animation was made in less than two days, just for fun and no "money was spent" on this project.
I perfectly know that a monowheel is not the most reasonable idea in the world, but it just looks cool. ;) That's it. So I don't see a point in criticizing this video like it's some multimillion secret project from BMW, or Audi.
I am glad that someone is thinking but before spending more money I suggest doing more research online. I don't think there is another design that I have looked at that has more negative response that this. weather, storage, speed, battery storage, parking,theft, are just a few unsolved issues as I see it.
safety and capacity. next time put your engineering skills to a design worthwhile and stop wasting time with this.0 safety, 0 capacity, 0 performance, 0 style points and 0 fun.
id give it a 10 for fun, this thing looks KIKASS!!!, not bad for an entertainment vehicle even if there are other problems with long term/commercial/transportation use
put a small electric engine on a motorcycle and give it the same human pedaling charging power system. with only 2 wheels there is less resistance and you can use a smaller engine. who would buy this junk? It has 0 safety, 0 cargo capacity... might as well drive a motor cycle, they use hardly any gas and can accelerate as fast as you want and have the same inconvenience factor as this backwards design. whats the only reason for a vehicle with 4 wheels....
HE, has no idea of the first principle of developement and I ain't gona tell you. Where is this fantastic machine. I have seen better idea's in back yards wher ther is no computer generate imagery. Take a history lesson son you might just get smart and save waisting your time.
its good someone's thinking and all, but electric in-wheel motors and capacitators seem effective in retaining the comforts of the modern car.
the power required to rotate those giant wheels seems wasted, and the pedals look very awkward; if youre going to be pedaling the conventional 'bike' posture is far more comfortable.
HOW ABOUT JUST CREATING AN ELECTRIC CAR THAT RECHARGES IT'S OWN BATTERIES WHILE IT RUNS. There, now you have a vehicle that is totally clean for the environment, yet still runs on all the twisted concrete roadways we've built our entire country around.
Stop living in BLADE RUNNER land, and start promoting "feasible" ideas.
staph, An electric car that recharges its own batteries while it runs is unfeasible... photovoltaics alone aren't enough, and if it uses a generator to recharge the batteries while the car is running, the additional resistance will cancel out the net energy gain (law of conservation of energy.) However, George Monbiot's idea of replacing gas stations with recharging stations is an exciting one to me. But, there's nothing wrong with a multiplicity of concepts. that's what we need.
i see a problem. i mean liek really, pedaling a electric generator to a motor isnt verypractical. plus solar panels are extremely inefficent. using that and regenerative breaking even wont help power it enough. id say ahev one for youngins and one for the elderly. but really, human lectric is kinda not possible.
Awesome! But I could never afford one on what I get..
KuvaPefo 1 week ago
Ride a bike?
Goncalgood 5 months ago
You have to replace the calories you burn riding something like that. By the time you eat the extra 500 calories worth of food, you could have produced enough ethanol to power that thing.
FlashGameReviews 5 months ago
I think this is a pretty brilliant idea, bravo.
Termin18 6 months ago
let me introduce you to the newer and sleeker design: The electric bicycle - With its standard design, it can fit into all preexisting bike racks and comes fully equipped with a 4 horsepower engine that charges as you petal, offering a consistently smooth ride both up and down hill. All this is offered at only a fraction of the cost of our previous models!
cynics13 8 months ago
I like where your head is at but it's too slow and too big to ever be practical. And if it is fast then it's open and unsafe. Cars are inclosed with crumple zones, roofs, roll bars, windows air bags etc. I don't see this as a step forward, i see it as several steps back to early bicycle prototypes. :-/ I mean, why does it have to be a circle? Why not just be an electric bicycle since you have to pedal it anyway?
maikeru01 8 months ago
...it's a kid. no brainer...
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wyrrox 9 months ago
what happens if you get a little bit of grit stuck in between your wheel and frame? your fucked! espesialy going down hill doing a high speed human cart wheel!
dannyjw123 9 months ago 2
ur moms a battery
ickabodcrane101 10 months ago
The problem is that the person riding this is creating co2 to run it. The actual energy saving transport technology would use regenerative braking and would create less drag per passenger per mile or recover the drag energy.
mrfrankincense 10 months ago
Don't care for the name but the only reason I don't ride an electric assist recumbent or road bike daily to work is the lack if height making my being visible to other drivers a problem. This is stable and highly visible. Got any prototypes four sale?
54goodyears 10 months ago
the synthesised voice... damnit, what is wrong with you?!
felderup 11 months ago
a big wheel chair
tonypcyu 11 months ago
Why make it look like that when you could just modify a bicycle? Oh, right. Because it has already been done!
kryptofacist 1 year ago
Microsoft sam finally found his soulmate.
lorenzvc 1 year ago
how can this break without you "hamstering" ie spinning inside the wheel.. i own a human hybrid vehicle its called a bike
HomeDistiller 1 year ago 2
I like concepts that can not even be excuted on a one stupid prototype, I like greens I hate Dreams.
arafetkanso 1 year ago
Heck, I'd buy it. Pull out the electric motors, put in a gas engine, put razorblades on the wheels, attach mechanical arms, and SHAZAM. You now have General Grievous's vehicle. :)
(hint: Star Wars)
valandilcamcacil 1 year ago
This hybrid would not be able to climb especially steep hills without something preventing it from starting to roll backwards ^^
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buchananfibbing 1 year ago
is this like a joke or something?
gibsies13 1 year ago
What a gimmick. Hit the brakes too hard and roll over.... pure genius. what the hell do people have against 2 freaking wheels - and not side by side like the silly Segway. Designers - listen up- ELECTRIC, RECUMBENT. 2 friggin' wheels, OR 3, but the pair go in the BACK. This one-wheel stuff is just silly, and we all know it...Wanna sit in the big wheel? - fine but put another wheel in front for stability. Try it.... you'll like it . Then get back to me....
OregonDARRYL 1 year ago
Feminists are gonna have a shit when they collectively realize the abbreviation for hybrid electric is HE.
mountaindrewbc 1 year ago
Este invento es una porqueria ...
jonasitouk 1 year ago
i gyess it could catch on. but why not ride a bike?
oldman32123 1 year ago
i own a bike
row907 1 year ago
Do I have to stick it in my mouth and asshole and jerk it off with my hands in order to controll it?
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@leirgauk No, but that does sound like something poeple would watch you do...
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buchananfibbing 1 year ago
a system such as this would require too much weight to actually pull off... the mechanical and electrical systems are still pretty heavy, but I figure once silicon carbide switches and supercapacitors come out designs such as this may be viable.
RamzGT 1 year ago
Do i get cake now?
baysk8r420 1 year ago 4
Remind me of "IT" made by Mr. Garrison from South Park
jackyliem 1 year ago 2
@jackyliem Yeah Same xD
Wolvster007 1 year ago
plz dont charge yourself with electricity its dsangerous
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22cascadafan 1 year ago
If the HEH was cheap enough people could afford one or two and then more people would have them. I wonder how Cheap the will be up on release, or will they be so expensive that it will be a Rich persons toy.
condor622 1 year ago
and the brakes are where?
maphantom 1 year ago
@maphantom LOL
mindhasyou 1 year ago
I wonder what happens when you have to break hard...
Rolling it would seem.
AnonCaptainAwesome 1 year ago
@AnonCaptainAwesome yes or rapid acceleration
eastcoaster54 1 year ago
first hybrid bike type thing? NNNOOOO!!!!!!!!!! MOPED
darkmyth2 1 year ago
sweet. It just needs a television and a cup holder.
bosatsu76 1 year ago
Because 4 wheels on the ground will obviously never catch on.
Dumb.
sgtrock68 1 year ago
I want one!!!
KyleandTate 1 year ago
what if ur handy caped? lol, u cant run far in a wheelchair
loganladue 1 year ago
the voice is creepy
HHOButterSkate 1 year ago
how do you stop without rolling over?
yami926B 1 year ago
@yami926B
the thing ur in is probble spiral locked with a gyro?
xXCrimsonVirtueXx 1 year ago
HELLO MICROSOFT ANNA!
roggelmagic 1 year ago 2
twentieth first century? when's that? but really, cool concept
Firstinline2205 1 year ago
Grate thing i can"t wait to jump in ! The future has arrived most people don't
realizes that !
PlazhaeMadhe 1 year ago
how can i turn this "thing"?
MegaZsolti 1 year ago
hope they dont go to the ones on south park... lol
bryce12261226 1 year ago
not going to work. No suspension and I don't see a drive train. What's wrong with the regular bicycle? Look up other working models. They all suck.
guboy1 1 year ago
This is NEVER going to happen.
I'd rather walk.
PoWerExcesS 1 year ago 17
@PoWerExcesS well, she said twentieth-first century, which i'm pretty sure doesn't exist, so you may be right...
futboi91 1 year ago
@PoWerExcesS or yah know have a giant hamster ball :P
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amannvig 1 year ago
Desventaja: no puedes llevar a tu familia en eso
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Nu13th 1 year ago
useless ...
Durolith 1 year ago 2
Is it from Aperture Laboratories...NOT?
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figueroanando 1 year ago
ya man so true haha
4444mongo 1 year ago
Definitely not for North Americans, because it doesn't look safe at all.
aghabeypasha 2 years ago
First I want my jet pack, silver unisex jumpsuit and monorail. Then we'll talk.
jamesandrew2000 2 years ago
I hate the future.. Some thing are good But like The RObot's And these stupid things , Everything can go wrong..
MarantzSt153 2 years ago
just like on south park hahaha
4444mongo 2 years ago 3
xD except the ones on south park gives you a better "ride" then these ones hahaha
iraqifreak 1 year ago 22
@4444mongo hahahaa yes what is......the lols
Tunerboii2045 1 year ago
excelent,creator humans of energy,excelent...
sr jss......
jesussuperstar1 2 years ago
listen to my boring monotomic voice... bla bla bla
sanderreynders 2 years ago
This reminds me of South Park, a episode about the airport that Mr. Garrison got pissed so he made his own transportation veichle.. xD
BlockerOfBlocks 2 years ago
@BlockerOfBlocks I MEMBER THAT XDDDDDD
krisercolano 2 years ago
why do this remide me about portal
exikoz 2 years ago
me 2 . great game!
zawes12 2 years ago
can i just have a free test model? XD
XysflightchampX 2 years ago
what a lame designe. now we are going to have hybrid bike thieves. yep, park the fucker in one of those chargers, come back and it's gone. **thumbs up**
Gypscrew 2 years ago
oh and plz get rid of the robo lady voice. That shit kills me.
lortappe 2 years ago
high speed turning = death. so no swerving to miss animals or potholes. Also no suspension means that potholes will eat your ass, and thats no bueno.
i do like that youre trying to think outside of the box but this thing needs some serious work to it before reposting or youll just get laughed at. Perhaps stronger angling of the wheels so its more stable and have a strong counterbalanace in the back so you can brake and not flip.
lortappe 2 years ago
It'd be cheaper to add this stuff to a bike.
VampireReflexes 2 years ago
yeah, to bad people like to get complicated...
Userwastaken 2 years ago
So mega *FAIL* !!!!
If you brake in an emergency it will roll over forward, end of design, bin it and move on.
STUCASHX 2 years ago
yeah right.
garagecrap 2 years ago
Reminds me of the one off southpark, without the stuff in your mouth and ass..
ZemaProductions 2 years ago
0:25 in the "twentieth first" century?
LegendaryAdrenaline 2 years ago
why dont these mono pod like vechicles ever have any supension..these just look like the make a ride thats too hard and bumpy...
xpez 2 years ago
Everything works on 3D...
Aerodynamically, it's a nightmare, and the disabled, those that are too tired after a long day's WORK, and old people, are left out. But I guess the UNFIT are to be sacrificed, huh?
Try to stop it, it would roll, and how about bad weather?
UTOPIA... Pandering to rich kid's guilt complexes...
And filling Mass Graves.
EdgarInventor 2 years ago
buy a convertible if u have bad weather, and to stop it i have no idea
Audiocrazed 2 years ago
you should add the handle that is inserted in the ass and another one for the mouth. that construction proved to be most efficient one
Yottskry 2 years ago
so.... how do you turn it? oO
31m0r0 2 years ago
I could see myself head-nodding in this shit listening to music and the whole thing rocking back n fourth.
kylefer 2 years ago
if you leaned too far forward the wheels would spin towards each other causing the wheels to seize and would not be fun.
danthemanzizzle 2 years ago
haha, well this should be great exercise. Don't travel to much for over 2 hours...
InocentPatsyXploited 2 years ago
ya right , the first human electric hybrid... its called a moped.
webovisionca 2 years ago
WIN!
kylefer 2 years ago
Nice if you live in Florida or Texas where there isn't a winter....
iridefixed 2 years ago 2
wtf am i watching?
filidip 2 years ago 2
lol. in the description you say you don't think people will notice that the voice is synthesized. I figured it out when the first thing it said was: He, the world's first human electric HYBRID VEHICLE!!! lol
ironclownfish 2 years ago
It's definately NOT the first human-electric-hybrid, but it's still a neat idea. I wouldn't mind getting one when they come out.
cdowell1976 2 years ago
nah, aint worth it
deaftodd 2 years ago
dont step too hard in the brakes.
dennisd0tc0m 2 years ago 2
Pretty good idea
PerfectParasite 2 years ago
thank you
savicrade 2 years ago
wuacala de pollo esta horrible mejor un pinche pedal con llantas
ferparis2009 2 years ago
who is he?
savicrade 2 years ago
lol
savicrade 2 years ago
i would add a solar panel on the top (the dark spot on top)
kno3rocks 2 years ago
if you listened you'd see that they already added solar panels to the design.
KuroTempest 2 years ago
i agree with medeviltimes. I WANT IT NOW.
TaylorHolmes 2 years ago
it betah be he not she
lildsax 2 years ago
The speech synthesizer says "twentieth-first century" - sounds funny
Badassbok 2 years ago
I would like to see a real prototype and not this computer generated stuff. I'm trying to imagine the wheel, brake, and bearing systems in such a small profile wheel.
Treetale 2 years ago
thats simple, try to imagine the cost not just to buy it but to use it.
agentx250 2 years ago
stop fucking posting vids that can work when u never god dam let them go on sale, stop talking ok? shut up and start selling the god damn things already we cant wait i bet these cars and stuff wont go on sale because of greedy car dealerships. what a world we live in
mideviltimes 2 years ago 3
So... ever think about what happens when you try to stop?
JayKulpinski 2 years ago 2
I'm more impressed with this speech synthesizer. Pretty cool.
Piscivorus 2 years ago 3
Looks kina similar to the South Park vehicle of MrGarrison
I lol'd so hard :D
xedixur 2 years ago 2
if they made it wider. or a 360 sphere. then it would bue safer and a true atb
hyamena 2 years ago
you couldn't make it spherical, no windows, unless it was all transparent
the entrance would be bulky and cumbersome.
giro's would have to be made to work with it to allow people to sit properly, which would be expensive, time consuming and heavy providing poor fuel economy.
Imagine the size it would need to be to fit say a family of 7 (big i know but becoming ever more common)
sorry to ruin that :P
but i was thinking of that a very long time ago and figured it wouldn't work for those reasons.
JW93HB07 2 years ago
the new bike
Teejayflex 2 years ago
can u plug it in to a house plug ?
like we do in the north to keep our car batteries warm in the winter so theyll start
iseecheese 2 years ago
ugh... bike?
pzpepsi 2 years ago
The whole is considerably less than the sum of its parts. It's an impractical design which is a step down from the same elements in more conventional applications. I really want to see a video of a full scale working prototype.
EnderEye thought most people wouldn't notice the electronic narration? Every other comment mentions it. It is VERY obvious, distracting, and just plain unpleasant.
butlerproman 2 years ago
this makes you not fat ;)
freakin1random 2 years ago
What about fat people? They cant fit! gay gay gay gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
laserbulllet 2 years ago
hahaha true!!! lolz
wazzupwazz 2 years ago
That was the most annoying computer generated voice I have ever heard. X.x
DipAndChip 2 years ago
GlaDOS begs to differ
xcliber 2 years ago
Lmao
DipAndChip 2 years ago
heh
lazzer408 2 years ago
If your battery input is human power alone, then this doesn't work efficiently. Also, both the generator and then motor cut down efficiency - one unit of energy in and something less than 1 out. Going up and down hills only provides a net gain with considerable braking against considerable mass in motion on the down side like a city bus. That's not done with bike-type vehicles. I would be surprised if a disabled person told you this is a good idea. Did you? If not, ask one.
55Dixon 2 years ago
Bah! I hate when videos have crappy computer voices. Is it really THAT hard to just find somone who will read 2 or 3 paragraphs aloud....Anyway I agree with other comments, this seems to just be a gimmick, If we want to save man kind then we cant go around slapping PV cells on everything, Does anyone realise how much energy it takes to extract and refine silicone for those things. Better to just use a bike, and yes you can get bikes for disabled people.
kal9001 2 years ago
it looks like those inventions showed in the early 20th century supposedly to revolutiontthe transport for that century....
luiseduardo586 2 years ago
Well, the obvious problem being the inefficiency of the motor and generator.
If this was just a bicycle with an electric boost it would be fine.
Also you are going to need a 3rd and possibly 4th wheels for accel/decel, unless you like landing on your head.
(The voice wasn't bad, but it had some severe clipping problems at the ends of words)
r3di3watch 2 years ago
How do you go sideways in a slope?
v6power88 2 years ago
I'd like to see it take a sporty corner...
thehumancar 2 years ago
How fast does it go?
greentrigger 2 years ago
I don't see any decent advantages over a traditional bike either, at least not for the larger public...
Woodlot75 3 years ago 2
nice Utopian style car but we all don't live in a small nit community of socialists where we produce our means and share as a community. Good idea, wrong setting
TimeLord6646 3 years ago
I have a better idea. It's called a bike.
jhaing 3 years ago 7
Not everybody can use a bike; thats why the narrator included disabled people to the narration 1:13
Peace be with you!
oilsucks 3 years ago
But most people can. And there are already tricycles for disabled poeple. I would prefer a recumbent bicycle, also available as tricycle. This thing in the video is to dangerous.
Imagine driving down a hill/mountainn a little bit to fast and need to brake!
Wriggler2 2 years ago
Nice, but whats with the narrator weird voice thing?
wes202nelson 3 years ago
dumb. Unstable, no cargo room, unable to make quick turns, stops, or acceleration. Vehicle could be easily totaled rolling into.. anything warping the wheel(entire vehicle). Your marketing campaign blows. Your target market should be as a rec vehicle as it is unable to do anything useful.
razorx71 3 years ago 2
i think the wheels bent inward keeps it balenced and keeps it from roling forward as easy
joshuago8 3 years ago
add lights and a horn
winnipegkey 3 years ago
how exactly does this stop quickly without "hamster balling" out of control. It would seem to me that the weight alone would not be enough to keep you from going head over heels, especially when the toe angle of wheels would seem to perpetuate the effect of stammering? Not trying to critique, just asking.
MyFoodsRtouching 3 years ago
nice, but the cost of those giant bearing are a problem. Also, the forward view is obstructed. A quadracycle would make a better base.
ndyt 3 years ago
It's certainly cool looking. I have to wonder though if this whole side-by-side big wheels thing is practical. You'd think you'd see more of them around (side-by-side big wheel motorcycles, bicycles, Mopeds...) if it were.
Then again, it took a long time for anybody to come up with something as obvious as the rice cooker, and those are wonderful. So maybe you've got the right idea after all.
I admit I just don't know.
SailorBarsoom 3 years ago
umm... Where's the radio?
=P
isismoon1405 3 years ago
in your i-pod, mp3-player or cell phone... not the 20th century any more...
niswel 3 years ago
I don't think Clear Channel likes you very much right now! LOL
isismoon1405 3 years ago
yea i ahve seen south parck they have a verson where you suck it is pretty much a gay verson
carsonhotmail 3 years ago
Actually I saw that episode of Southpark AFTER I did this design and I was pretty amused by the obvious resemblance. :-]
EnderEye 3 years ago
Has anyone seen south park?? haha
kennyball 3 years ago 2
haha ye just thought the same xD
runescaperox4eva 3 years ago
get a mountain bike
JamboyStu 3 years ago
ever heard of a "SPARTA-ION" its a bicycle with power assist, it is also a "hybrid" and it's already big succes in the netherlands,
its like you always cycle downwind!
rvdm88 3 years ago
Regenerative breaking and solar panels... I wonder how much torque you could get from the battery... I guess as the Estor system gets better, the amount of storage and power will get better.
GavnatronTarasattva 3 years ago
neat, this looks like one of those round attack vehicles in the ground battle in STar Wars II. Can you mount missiles on the side of this thing?
GavnatronTarasattva 3 years ago
I think people should relax a bit and read the description before you start to comment. The animation was made in less than two days, just for fun and no "money was spent" on this project.
I perfectly know that a monowheel is not the most reasonable idea in the world, but it just looks cool. ;) That's it. So I don't see a point in criticizing this video like it's some multimillion secret project from BMW, or Audi.
EnderEye 3 years ago
I am glad that someone is thinking but before spending more money I suggest doing more research online. I don't think there is another design that I have looked at that has more negative response that this. weather, storage, speed, battery storage, parking,theft, are just a few unsolved issues as I see it.
verytobin 3 years ago
all vision and no practicality. How about focusing our energy on an electric CAR for TODAY.
000ruprecht000 3 years ago
put some glass on it to keep me dry in the rain and id buy it
turtle7788 3 years ago
safety and capacity. next time put your engineering skills to a design worthwhile and stop wasting time with this.0 safety, 0 capacity, 0 performance, 0 style points and 0 fun.
jeffmsp 3 years ago
id give it a 10 for fun, this thing looks KIKASS!!!, not bad for an entertainment vehicle even if there are other problems with long term/commercial/transportation use
programaster 3 years ago
put a small electric engine on a motorcycle and give it the same human pedaling charging power system. with only 2 wheels there is less resistance and you can use a smaller engine. who would buy this junk? It has 0 safety, 0 cargo capacity... might as well drive a motor cycle, they use hardly any gas and can accelerate as fast as you want and have the same inconvenience factor as this backwards design. whats the only reason for a vehicle with 4 wheels....
jeffmsp 3 years ago
HE, has no idea of the first principle of developement and I ain't gona tell you. Where is this fantastic machine. I have seen better idea's in back yards wher ther is no computer generate imagery. Take a history lesson son you might just get smart and save waisting your time.
davehawkwind 3 years ago
its good someone's thinking and all, but electric in-wheel motors and capacitators seem effective in retaining the comforts of the modern car.
the power required to rotate those giant wheels seems wasted, and the pedals look very awkward; if youre going to be pedaling the conventional 'bike' posture is far more comfortable.
slh950 3 years ago
Oh come on... This shit is so far fetched.
HOW ABOUT JUST CREATING AN ELECTRIC CAR THAT RECHARGES IT'S OWN BATTERIES WHILE IT RUNS. There, now you have a vehicle that is totally clean for the environment, yet still runs on all the twisted concrete roadways we've built our entire country around.
Stop living in BLADE RUNNER land, and start promoting "feasible" ideas.
staphinfection 3 years ago
staph, An electric car that recharges its own batteries while it runs is unfeasible... photovoltaics alone aren't enough, and if it uses a generator to recharge the batteries while the car is running, the additional resistance will cancel out the net energy gain (law of conservation of energy.) However, George Monbiot's idea of replacing gas stations with recharging stations is an exciting one to me. But, there's nothing wrong with a multiplicity of concepts. that's what we need.
GavnatronTarasattva 3 years ago 2
did anybody else notice that she said 20th1st century ? ? ? . . . :dies: u.u
JuggleAddict 3 years ago
wow that looks safe! Id feel safer in a G-Wiz / REVA.
ogicabp4u 3 years ago
Wow that looks awesome!
peanutbrittle12 3 years ago
i see a problem. i mean liek really, pedaling a electric generator to a motor isnt verypractical. plus solar panels are extremely inefficent. using that and regenerative breaking even wont help power it enough. id say ahev one for youngins and one for the elderly. but really, human lectric is kinda not possible.
sb6lb3 3 years ago