Tech post ##3
Currently in 2029, the bike (or bicycle) has been a popular mode of transportation ever since its first production in the Industrial revolution. It has continued to help form the way people exercise, transport, and entertain themselves. Through many decades, the bike still adheres to its basic principle of using both legs to cycle alternatively while using the steering wheel to control the direction headed. It has transformed from the traditional two wheels with a wooden frame to an innovative environmental “enbike”. Two huge milestones, 2015 and 2020 made a huge wave of evolution that developed the user friendly enbike that performs multiple functions. Let’s take a look at the first milestone, 2015.
People found great difficulty to participate in bike riding during harsh weather; thus, riders tried to make their own wind shield for protection. It was not until late 2015, that a new technology called “boat-bike”(BB) emerged as a combination of a bike and boat. People could ride it either on land or on the lake. It was similar to the design-HEPAV (Human-Electric Powered Amphibious Vehicle) by David Buchwaldek, which had ability to power-pedal both road and water surface by electricity (“It’s a bike,,”, 2009). Due to the high cost of production, Buchwaldek’s design was not recognized until 2015. The BB was faster and relied on less electricity than the one Buchwaldek designed. Also, all people needed to do was pedal and this was seen as a better design as pedalling was also exercising which was considered the best way of helping to reduce the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, as mentioned in “walking around the world” (“Walk”, 2009) . The BB had a “buoyant, waterproof, aerodynamic shell with a propeller”, a window, and a lower level which allowed the rider to have space to pedal without letting the water went in. Marin was the first bike manufacturer to showcase this new design which brought the advantages of both biking and boating together in late 2015 in US (Wikipedia, 2010).The new and emerging technology of the boat was quickly adapted and integrated into new bicycle designs. The economy was in a good shape which interested many manufactorers to produce it. If you were to “exist” in 2015, you would see lots of flowing “bugs” on the water by looking down from a top building. However, this fad did not last long; there was a huge transformation of this design in the coming 2020.
As the year 2015 carried on, growing concern of the bad air pollution began to take shape. In response, the government of US gave the causes of the global warning: “CO2 damage the atmosphere which one of the big causes was overuse of automobile”, found in 2008 (Calvin, 2008). The statement redrew people’s attention in 2020. All countries took actions immediately as they tried to “fire solutions that stop the CO2 pollution from all of those tailpipes and smokestacks.” Scared, people began to seriously consider the environment rather than luxury. At this time, more people biked than drove. Numerous companies and engineers had already taken steps to redesign the automobiles by exploring ideas of transportation that would more environmentally-friendly. Less than 7 months later, ideas of reusing abandoned shells of boats or cars as the shield for the bikes with solar pedals attached to solve the shortage of transportation came up. This new emerged design idea was called “rebike” which meant a reformed bike. As soon as people realized how quickly resources were being reused, they went to trade rebike from factories with their boats or cars. The new design could run on road and water which allowed people to trade “reroad” bike (RRB) with car shells, and “reboat” bike(RBB) with boat shells, but they could not run on both road or water simultaneously. RRB was looked similar to a normal car which consisted of the bike pedal functions instead of power engine with the brakes was created. Meanwhile, RBB was also similar to the bike before 2015, but had a boat shell. Both types of bikes had solar penal bike design which would absorb sunlight energy to help to move the bike if the rider was tired of pedalling, with the inspiration from the “hybrid solar and wind boat” boat with “solar wings” which was able to sail and collect solar energy”(“Solar sailor”, 2006). The 2020 energy penal could store more energy and 2 more days than pervious developed penal, such as the one invented by Gisborne, which could only last for 8 hours (Leahy, 2005). Certainly, the speed of rebike was much slower comparing to the automobiles, however, the 2020 users would not need to do anything with the penal; it would store energy automatically so it would be more environmental friendly. Yet, the energy penal was not easy to produce so not all people owned it. The storage space, time, and bike speed still need to be improved which formed the enbike we are using in 2029.
As time went on, people expected to see more features, criteria, and filtering options added to improve the transportation tools. With advanced technology, the bike only gets better and better. Until now, the enbike is very common to everyone. By 2029, there was no shortage of energy penal. The Marin Bike released a new type of energy penal which would be powered by sunlight, wind, and water in 28 days, and they named it enbike meant a multiply energy bike (Wikipedia, 2010). The bike needed to absorb natural energies before it could go a long distance. As it is more widely used, it creates a better and more environmentally-friendly economy. People can ride it on water surface or on land where is similar to the BB in 2015, and comes with the energy panel similar to 2020. Meanwhile, the height of the enbike has risen up , to give users more degrees of freedom in order to cycle faster. This new upgrade allows the users to use some of the functions in the bikes made in 2015 and 2020. Users can still exercise, doing business and entertain themselves among many options. Yet, there is still a small population driving due to the efficiency and because the bike does not have enough energy. This question leaves the designers to think about today.
Bikes have had many revisions and changes throughout history, it will continue to change. Initially, it was a BB(“It’s a bike,,” 2009), then a rebike, and finally an enbike in 2029. The bike now integrates the boat or car, and energy penal technology which encourages more and more people to use them as they will be easier for the automobile drivers to adapt to and are more environmentally friendly. The bike will become the most obvious transportation to people and it will continue to help in many aspects of our everyday life.
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