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Capella, the Electric Backpack bicycle for green futurists
What's white and orange, can get you anywhere in the city in a jiffy and folds up like a Swiss Army Knife? It's the new Capella backpack electric bicycle developed by Vietnamese industrial design student Truong Minh Nhat. The vehicle was created for Nhat's graduation thesis, but the student's next-gen bike was met with so much approval he has decided to take the creation commercial by snapping up the official intellectual property rights. No word on pricing or release date but if this is the future of bikes in Asia it may be time for the West to step up to the two-wheeled challenge.
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By mlynjs at 6:46 PM ON 01/06/09
This thing is really cool. I'd like to see this here in the States. Very cool. See ingenuity is alive and well....but in other nations. We need to wake up here and fast.
By Jman1906 at 4:07 PM ON 01/29/09
This would be a good idea. Except for the fact that: Why would you carry a bike when you can ride it? And if it is electrically powered it is just a small electric motorcycle.
Is it just me or are the Japanese coming up with lots really cool devices that are ineffective? I saw one that is a robotic suit that helps old farmers lift heavy loads. The only reason those farmers are not just using automated machinery to do all the lifting for them is because it is expensive, and they are poor. So do you really think they can afford a robotic suit?
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