The Wheel turns your bike into a moped

This idea has been around for a couple of years and may be making its' debut any time now. It is a really cool idea. Cozy Beehive is wondering what has happened to it. Most of it is the speed reducer. Something like this would need some careful engineering and plenty of field trials to make it consumer friendly.

H/T to Mike

Cuthbert Lift

I am poking around on the internet using some clues I found on my Dad's old computer, and I stumble across this guy who is trying to build a better elevator. He is using some of my ideas. Actually he probably thought of it all on his own, like many other people, but this Cuthbert guy has actually built a prototype of an elevator that might actually work. Here's a longish video: