Riding a bike is something that provides more than just the practical benefit of moving people from point A to B.
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Quite true, especially if we consider what the SF Bay area industrial designer Jesse Harrington is proposing through his all-inclusive learning schema that is supposed to revolve around bike wheels in motion. The designer identifies three types of active learners: Kinesthetic, Converging and Tactillian, who learn better by physical involvement. The designer aims to elucidate how the Power on Demand (POD) concept could be a great learning experience for all.
Design Inspiration:
Power on Demand concept utilizes human power to generate electric or non-electric mechanical power for several uses. While Jesse takes a flyer on bike as the mode of instruction, all three kinds of learners get a practical awareness of human power as an alternative energy source.
Mechanism:
Esse proposes the RMSC-Cycle for Converging Learners. The mechanism includes a curved seat that sits slightly above a pedal-driven machine. The user/learner applies manual labor to run a washing machine, television, blender, grain sheller, forklift, computer and other instruments.
innovative bike based curriculum to help facilitat
innovative bike based curriculum to help facilitat
Second, there is Edu-Cycle for Kinesthetic Learners, which tends to teach learners how much energy they consume while biking, and how one could harness it for a better use.
innovative bike based curriculum to help facilitat
Finally, there is a pack of DIY Plans for Tactillian Learners who could see human power converted into usable energy in real time.
innovative bike based curriculum to help facilitat
innovative bike based curriculum to help facilitat
Designer: Jesse Harrington
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