Tag: Bikes

Forget what you learned when you were a kid--because it's wrong. Ditto for what most scientists assumed as well.

One of the annoying things about getting older--and yes, there are more than a few--is how frequently you discover that what you were taught either is now outdated or simply flat wrong. But don't get too down about it. Scientists only now are realizing that they've misunderstood the physics of what keeps bicycles upright.

BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - China's vast population of battery-powered bikes is the focus of uproar after new rules ignited public fears, and hopes among some, that these pack mules of the nation's economic boom could be run off the road.

China's image as the land of the bicycle has been fading as its rising wealth has boosted ownership of cars and, for the less well-heeled, "e-bikes": bicycles with battery-powered motors as well as small pedals to distinguish them from motorbikes.

But the spread of the e-bike has struck a policy pothole after the national standards agency issued rules threatening to rein in the bigger models, favored by traders and couriers hauling loads.

Hard drives gone bad dont always have to end up in the trash. Miguel Rivera, a systems administrator, took a pile of used drives, gutted some and turned them into beautiful sculptures.

The overall concept was to make something out of just hard drive parts and pieces, says Rivera. I wanted it to look solid and heavy so I leaned towards just using metal no plastic or gluing things together.

PANAJI, India (Reuters Life!) - What does it take to make a movie? A bicycle, a bullock cart, a small handycam and a soaring imagination -- that's what Indian director Shaikh Nasir will tell you.

Nasir is one of several makers of low-budget, spoof movies set in the industrial town of Malegaon, around 300 km (190 miles) from Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, and a world apart from the glitzy sets, big-name stars and lavish productions of the world's most prolific film industry.