<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4cf3e337-1d7d-4d30-9d43-262e4c38b39b/EC6D8900-BECB-4FF6-ACAD-8E327800DFB4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/15/hybrid-squared-an-energy-generating-bike-rental-system/" href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/15/hybrid-squared-an-energy-generating-bike-rental-system/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.inhabitat.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/15/hybrid-squared-an-energy-generating-bike-rental-system/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/8891B92E-ACA6-442E-BF28-F4DB9F6C5E29" alt="chiyu chen, bike, biking, kinetic energy, transportation, green design, sustainable design, hybrid2 system" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/15/hybrid-squared-an-energy-generating-bike-rental-system/"><P>Designer <A href="http://www.chiyuchen.com/">Chiyu Chen</A> has conceived of an ingenious transit system that encourages the use of sustainable transportation by crediting people for renting and riding bicycles. His Hybrid2 system consists of a fleet of rentable bicycles that are capable of generating and storing kinetic energy, which is then used to power the city’s <A href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/14/hybrid-double-decker-volvo-buses-hit-london-streets/">hybrid electric buses</A>. Simply rent a bike, charge it up with kinetic energy from pedal power, and then return it to a kiosk - the station feeds energy into the city’s smart grid, and you receive a credit towards your next bus pass!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/15/hybrid-squared-an-energy-generating-bike-rental-system/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.inhabitat.com/img/B5898E34-5D90-4A1A-B32D-561C8FC70533" alt="chiyu chen, bike, biking, kinetic energy, transportation, green design, sustainable design, hybrid2 system" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/15/hybrid-squared-an-energy-generating-bike-rental-system/"><P>The core of <A href="http://www.chiyuchen.com/">Hybrid2</A> is Chen’s regenerative braking system for bikes, dubbed “Hybrake”, which allows riders to generate and store energy from braking and normal biking in an ultracapacitor. In Chen’s vision, the more energy a bicyclist generates, the more monetary credit they are given to use on public transportation.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EC6D8900-BECB-4FF6-ACAD-8E327800DFB4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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