Human Power

Human Power
Designers can employ many technologies to convert power from the human body into energy for products.

http://cleantechnica.com
The Clean Technica blog network covers issues which are essential to the future of the human race.

http://www.oilgae.com/energy/nn/hp/hp.html
Oilgae has many links and information about making power from human physical exertion.

http://www.popsci.com
Popular Science has many reoccurring articles that deal with human power, its capabilities and limitations.

http://www.pedaltheocean.com/index.php
Pedal the Ocean explores innovative human powered boats.

http://www.ihpva.org
International Human Powered Vehicle Association shares information on the full spectrum of human powered vehicles.

http://www.whpva.org
The World Human Powered Vehicle Association is dedicated to promoting improvement, innovation and creative design and development of human-powered vehicles.

http://www.thehumanpoweredhome.com
The Human Powered Home offers news and innovations in domain of domestic design.

http://www.humanpoweredboats.com
Human Powered Boats contains information about the latest advances in this area.

http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/human-powered-inventions
Human Powered Inventions features with innovations the best of the best and more ecodesign.

http://www.windstreampower.com/human_power_generator_series.php
Windstream power contains technical information about human powered generators and specifications for products.

http://www.green-trust.org/200/humanpower.htm
The Green Trust covers human powered vehicles with links to innovative vehicles.

http://www.energyplanet.info/human_power
EnergyPlanet provides extensive links to examples of human powered devices.

http://ww.neatorama.com/2010/09/22/human-powered-ornithopter
Neotorama gives information about an aircraft has wings that flap like a bird.

http://www.powerleap.net
Power Leap captures the kinetic energy from walking or driving a floor as a power source through the use of piezo-switches.

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/human-powered
Alternative energy news outlines a number of human powered projects

http://challenge-ecomagination.com/ideas
The General Electric Ecomagination Challenge promoted ecologically sound energy production. Many projects focus on the capture of wasted kinetic energy from human activities.

www.workbike.org
Workbikes covers commuting bicycles and offers international news with a list of major bike manufacturers.

www.bikefix.co.uk
This UK site offers a directory of types of bikes and a repair guide.

http://eartheasy.com/homepage.htm
Eartheasy sells products ranging from hand-powered lawn mowers to environmentally friendly clothing.

www.freeplayenergy.com
The Freeplay radio was designed to provide information access in African communities where grid power is unavailable. Freplay develops empowering, responsible design projects.

http://www.recumbents.com/home/
Recumbents offers links and news on recumbent bicycles.

www.thinkcycle.org/tc-notes/?topic_id=3161
Thinkcycle hosts a discussion board for “design challenges facing underserved communities and the environment”, including human power generation.

http://lancet.mit.edu/decavitator/Decavitator.html
The Decavitator is a human-powered hydrofoil that holds the current record for fastest human-powered watercraft. The site contains video clips and an introduction to hydrofoil technology.