Seven Person Tricycle is surely a hoot to ride

7person-tricycleWhen you hear of the Seven Person Tricycle, surely the first thing that you might notice is, how can that thing actually work? After all, aren’t seven people way too many humans to sit and make sure a tricycle move around, what more in the same direction? If there is an object lesson in unity that you would want to teach your family members, then be prepared to fork out a whopping $20,000 for the Seven Person Tricycle.

Surely one of the main questions that many people would ask is this, how the heck does it actually work? Well, this tricycle which can accommodate seven adults while playing host to a close-knit conference during joyrides will feature a set of pedals for each rider, so that they can all ride in tandem to send the tricycle up to a maximum speed of 10 mph. This in turn would encourage social interaction as well as team-building while pedaling, not to mention helping its riders to be more healthy in the long run. Only one of the seven riders will be able to steer the tricycle, which is a good thing, of course, and that person will also have control of the dual independent hydraulic brake systems.
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An Even Bigger Big Wheel for Adults

We recently saw the High Roller, which is a Big Wheel for adults. It was big, but not this big. This Big Wheel is truly enormous. Like “Get the hell out of my way!” big.
giant big wheel
This massive custom built Big Wheel is being sat upon by commercial and music video director Keith Schofield. Imagine the drifting he could do on this beast. The horns are a nice touch. You would need them for sure, to make sure that others get out of your way as you barrel down a hill, gaining speed. He built this crazy thing for a commercial he directed recently for car maker Škoda. You can see it in the clip at about 15 seconds in:

Great job, Keith. You are the kind of man who makes dreams come true for all of us big kids.

[via Nerdcore via Obvious Winner]

Google mapping out Canada’s Nunavut territory with local community, Street View trike

Google mapping out Canada's  Nunavut territory with local community, Street View trike

Looking for somewhere remote, quiet and cold for retirement? You can’t get much further out than Cambridge Bay — hidden away in Canada’s arctic Nunavut territory, this sleepy town is only reachable by plane, boat or Google Maps. Navigating its streets on the latter option is about to get a whole lot more detailed, too. The Maps team has started working with residents like Chris Kalluk to build what it hopes will be the most comprehensive map of the region to date. Mountain View’s digital cartographers are training residents to use equipment like the Street View tricycle to take in the isolated territory’s natural beauty while letting locals fill in the finer details (like roads, lakes and rivers) at community Map Up gatherings. “This is a place with a vast amount of local knowledge and a rich history,” says Kalluk. “By putting these tools in the hands of our people, we will tell Nunavut’s story to the world.” Fittingly, the community’s first mapping event saw local landmarks mapped out in both English and Inuktitut, one of the territory’s official languages. Check the project out for yourself at the source link below.

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