Seen at St. Mark’s Bookshop in New York, The Human-Powered Home shelved under “Anarchism”:
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RollerGen from High Tide Associates
September 29, 2009 – 3:14 pm
High Tide Associates has just released the RollerGen, a human-powered electrical generator that attaches to your bike. Unlike other commercially available pedal-powered generators, it allows you to charge a battery pack for any USB-compatible consumer electronic device while you ride.
Bike Blender Blog
September 29, 2009 – 3:04 pm
Recently I spoke at an energy fair sponsored by the MidAtlantic Renewable Energy Association (MAREA) in Kutztown, PA. It was a lovely event with wonderful crowds. One of the audience members told me her son (who’s a fan of The Human-Powered Home) had been working with Maya Pedal for some time, designing and building bike-powered [...]
NPR Considers Human Power
September 7, 2009 – 8:16 am
A while back Jennifer Sharpe, an NPR producer, contacted me about putting together an “All Things Considered” segment on human power. I directed her to some of my favorite human-power inventors I’d discovered while researching The Human-Powered Home. Jennifer visited with them and found them just as engaging and entertaining as I had. Today, they’ll [...]
ReRev Brings Human Power to Campus
August 11, 2009 – 7:56 am
A lot of people ask about harnessing human power in fitness centers, and there are some gyms, like Portland’s Green Microgym, that do that. Newer on the scene is ReRev, a company based in Florida that provides gyms with cardio equipment, including elliptical machines, to capture human power.
MNN Features The Human-Powered Home
August 11, 2009 – 7:31 am
Months ago, journalist Marcia Walton from Mother Nature Network (MNN) interviewed me about The Human-Powered Home. Her article and review of the book recently appeared here on MNN’s site.
“This Way Up” Features Human Power
July 29, 2009 – 8:15 am
The Radio New Zealand National program “This Way Up” featured human power, including an interview with me about halfway in, on its Saturday, July 25th broadcast.
Pedal-powered hammer
July 29, 2009 – 7:36 am
David Butcher, a California inventor who’s long been on the cutting edge of pedal-power innovation, has come up with a new, original contraption, a pedal-powered hammer.
Join Me at MREA
June 16, 2009 – 7:20 pm
This weekend I’ll be selling & signing books and demonstrating bike machines with the folks from Chicago’s Working Bikes Cooperative at the MREA Energy Fair in Custer, WI. You’ll find us in exhibit location CS4. The energy fair is always good fun, a huge gathering of friendly people sharing progressive ideas and curious inventions.
Yes! Magazine Review
June 15, 2009 – 12:09 pm
The just-released summer issue of Yes! Magazine gives The Human-Powered Home a favorable review.