Who created the new invention for the bicycle called the Copenhagen Wheel?”
Even in this city where bicycles outnumber cars on virtually every street, officials are hoping to persuade more people to give up four wheels for two. Yes, a whopping 37 percent of commuters ride bikes to work or school in the Danish capital — and air hoses are more common here than gas pumps. But city officials are having trouble bumping that percentage up to a 2015 goal of 50 percent. Now, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology lab has devised a way to help attract older and less-fit people to biking: A motorized rear wheel. Called the Copenhagen Wheel, it is nothing like the chunky, heavy motorized bikes exploding in popularity across Asia and other parts of the world or the oh-so-trendy scooters seen in US cities. The Wheel, with a small motor in its hub, will fit into any existing bike frame, giving riders extra horsepower for hills and longer distances. The two-year project, unveiled today during the international climate talks here, is designed to make biking more pleasant in
MIT Shows Off The Copenhagen Wheel For Cyclists By Roland Hutchinson 16 Dec. 2009 11:12 AM in Gadgets, Technology News MIT researchers have shown off the ‘Copenhagen Wheel’ at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change, the device is a revolutionary new bicycle wheel that comes with a range of built in features. The Copenhagen Wheel can store energy every time the cyclist puts on the brakes, and then the power can be used when riding up hill. MIT Shows Off The Copenhagen Wheel For Cyclists MIT Shows Off The Copenhagen Wheel For Cyclists MIT Shows Off The Copenhagen Wheel For Cyclists “Over the past few years we have seen a kind of biking renaissance, which started in Copenhagen and has spread from Paris to Barcelona to Montreal,” says Carlo Ratti, director of the MIT SENSEable City Laboratory and the Copenhagen Wheel project. “It’s sort of like ‘Biking 2.0′ — whereby cheap electronics allow us to augment bikes and convert them into a more flexible, on-demand system.” It also has a ran
