I began working with Bart Kylstra at Daedalus Wings (later to be named Rio Mobility) in early 2006. Bart had secured design funding from the NIH and NSF for multiple mobility project ideas that ranged from handcycles to lightweight power wheelchairs all the way up to a wheelchair lever drive system. Having some manufacturing and […]
The term “waterproof” is very open to interpretation much like the word “natural” is in the food industry. Luckily the IPXX rating system was created to set a standard for Ingress Protection. The first number 1-6 is the degree of protection against dust/ solids and the second number 1-8 is the degree of protection against […]
About 6 years ago, a prominent bicycle industry peer used to hold the number two rank behind Dahon for number of folding bikes shipped annually in the USA. His line consisted of factory direct, mid-tier, stylish folding bikes. Like many other niche bicycles, his main sales markets were in the “Keystone 6.” The Keystone 6 […]
After visiting many sports equipment factories we had the idea of an electronic bike grip that doubles as a pressure sensitive e-bike throttle. Similar technology exists on treadmills in the form of conductive rubber pressure sensors (no not the metal pulse sensors, the other safety fall sensors.) The idea is sort of the opposite of […]
The tech news blog “The Verge” recently coined the term “Electric Rideables” or just “Rideables” for short and it seems to have stuck with a few other large news sites. Personally, we still prefer the term “Micro-EV” as it encompasses products like; ride-on electric scooters, electric skateboards, electric golf boards, one wheels, hoverboards and mini-Segway […]
