Transforming Scooter Contraption: Is It Real? From the There's No Way This Thing Can Be Real department: A company called BPG Motors is taking advance orders for their Uno III, a scooter that rides around on two self-balancing wheels, Segway-style.
The rider can hit a button and deploy—on the fly! —a third forward wheel that extends forward, letting the bike ride like a traditional motorcyle. The battery-powered Uno III has zero emissions, and its folding form factor was designed to make it easier to bring into elevators and store in apartments. You might be wondering "With those superbike looks, why is it classified as a scooter? " Answer: It maxes out at just 30 miles per hour. Micro-Home Concept Turns Electric Cars into Spare Spaces.
This car runs on ‘empty’ in more ways than one.
It charges up on solar and wind energy when docked at home while also doubling as an extra room, creating rather than displacing space as a typical vehicle would do sitting idle inside a garage. Conceived by Jon Salerno, it tackles questions from urban density to daily commutes, converting a few dozen square feet inside an electric vehicle into a mobile extension to a small home Above, bare minimum necessities are mostly addressed through a little lofted bedroom and main kitchen space (though a bathroom is curiously absent). Below, the chairs of the car portion turn to face inward, making for a cozy little dining or living room zone.
To be fair, the idea is still as crude as oil fresh from the Earth, but it has potential and is certainly a creative and counter-intuitive way of thinking about the intersection of transportation and habitation. Small Mobile Homes: Bike Trailers & Shopping Cart Campers. Tiny Camper-Trailer Converts into Huge Mobile Motorhome. Good building design, to paraphrase, can hide inside very small structures.
At first glance it looks just like a full-sized luxury motor home – but the illusion of a large solid volume of spaces comes from a temporary tent-like structure. This layered enclosure folds out of a remarkably sleek, compact and modern-looking trailer attachment many times smaller than the full-scale living-and-dining area that it can convert into. It is aptly named Opera, perhaps for its visual similarity to the famous music hall in Sydney, by designer Axel Enthoven. Built-in cabinetry, hardwood floors, two beds, a toilet, hot and cold running water and LED lighting are all constructed as part of the core bottom structure, while the top tent area is crafted from thick canvas. Modified Bike Trailer Doubles as DIY Mobile Camper Home.
The ultimate in eco-friendly mobile living, this ingenious residential bike trailer idea from Tiny House Design is perhaps not as far fetched as it might first appear.
After all, small or big, portable homes have similar security issues and bikes can pull quite a bit of weight and existing bike trailers can haul up to hundreds of pounds. The designer has suggested it could be built from a heavy-duty trailer base around eight feet long and three feet wide with curved walls made of plywood and, foam board for exterior insulation, wood doors and windows and thin aluminum for cladding. There is no doubt that the quarters would be extremely cramped but would it be that much worse than camping in the woods?
A standard-height individual could sleep fully horizontal with their legs tucked under a kitchen, storage and shelving area in the rear of the mini-camper.