Bike Generator prototype by Antony Wright

Description

Off the Grid: Open Source and 3D Democratic design ethos: 1) Form: making the world more beautiful. 2) Function: really making everyday life easier and more meaningful. 3) Quality: making everything last longer and age gracefully. 4) Sustainability: taking responsibility to have an improving impact on people and the planet. 5) Low price: making it truly affordable for the many. This design is meant to help provide communities with access to energy via a bicycle powered generator. In this day and age electricity is a life changing resource and this design can be used to power: lights, radios/phones and charge car batteries. Access to electricity can help increase the standard of living for remote communities all over the world. The idea that is presented here is for a cheap and reliable alternative that uses cheap and/or recycled materials and requires no infrastructure or expensive installation. The bicycle is an invention that has revolutionised human powered transport and is available all over the world even in some of the poorest communities. The concept is that the frame will allow any bike to attach and detach swiftly and without modification. There are many pedal powered generators out there but these require the complete repurpose of an existing bicycle. To poor communities it may be impractical to give up a bicycle to generate electricity so it is much more beneficial for the bike to be removable and usable day to day. Because of this the design is functional in…