Bicycle made from plastic bottles wins Google-sponsored aw

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Bicycle made from plastic bottles wins Google-sponsored aw

par Oyez Oyez » Sam Déc 20, 2008 3:00 pm

When Mr. McQuire offered Ben Braddock one word of advice -- "plastics" -- in The Graduate, I'm sure he wasn't talking about bicycles.

But a team of students from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, created a bicycle made from recycled plastic bottles to win the Juicy Ideas contest supported in part by Google.

The four industrial design students from ASU competed against 268 teams from 28 colleges to create something of value in 10 days from a "throwaway" item and post a YouTube video (above) that explained their product.

The winners -- Ryan Klinger, of Huntersville, NC; Andrew Drake of Gaithersburg, Md.; Spencer Price of Louisville, Ky.; and Justin Henry of San Diego -- will get a trip to Google headquarters in Mountain View ...

Author: Gene Bisbee
Category: Main Page Other cycling
Publish Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:51:05 -0800



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