Posted on March 3, 2010 by electricpedals
Ready for the summer we’ve finished our human-power blender that works by simply connecting a generator to a motor. We’ve tested the blender with Tim’s four year old daughter and it worked great! Its a great way to make a smoothie without needing a plug socket! If you want one, drop us an email.
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Posted on February 23, 2010 by electricpedals
We finally finished the pedal-powered smoothie maker. We wanted to build a smoothie maker that was not mechanically attached to a bicycle like tradition smoothie makers; rather ours relies on a generator to motor principle which means that even kids as young as five can attach their own bike to the generator. There is an [...]
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Posted on November 22, 2009 by electricpedals
With Tim still cold turkey after giving up tea we had to find a healthy alternative. To make it worse, our workshop has no power which is a bit frustrating sometimes, especially when tea is needed. So we decided to make a pedal-powered smoothie machine, ingredient: One bike-generator, one scooter motor, a piece of steel [...]
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