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 We’re almost there! This week we passed the $20k mark and are now 69% funded. Thank you to everyone who has supported us – we couldn’t have gotten this far without each and every one of you!  This week has seen progress in many different... (Read More)

Hello Kickstarters! This past week or project hit 100 backers and 30% of our goal! Our team had a lot of great and exciting developments on the bike design and build! Thank you to our wonderful sponsors – this week we received high-quality ceramic... (Read More)

Hello Kickstarters! Just wanted to say thank you to our backers – we’re past the 20% mark! However, we’re not done yet; we still need your support to reach our goal. Please help spread the word about Eta and invite others to join all of us in... (Read More)

Company AeroVelo intends to break the world speed record for riding the bicycle – two-wheelers, which includes scooters, mopeds and bicycles, sometimes resembling that of a craft of fiction or concept cars of the future. In this case the construction of the bicycle on the basis of their work will be as close to the bike, which together with the pilot (cyclist) placed inside a plastic housing. (Read More)

What do you do after you set the record for human-powered flight and bag the Sikorsky Prize by floating around in a pedal-driven helicopter? You break the human-powered speed record, of course -- at least that's what's AeroVelo has planned. The team has made a habit of engineering machines that make the most of the human engine, and their latest project hopes to give mankind the ability to ride bicycles at 87 mph. (Read More)

AeroVelo aims to take September's World Human-Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain, Nevada, with an ultra-efficient high speed bicycle named Eta. (Read More)

Called Eta, the bike can reach speeds of over 87mp/h with just a single rider, according to its Canadian inventors. The rider will also rely on a video camera to see, as the cockpit is entirely enclosed. (Read More)

The bike team has been very busy this summer. Shortly after ASME, they (along with all the other Engineering student design teams) had to vacate the building that they have occupied for the last five years or so; naturally this is because the building is being torn down in favour of a privately run student residence. As per most of these projects, the building is massively out of scale with its surroundings, dwarfing in particular the adjacent, lovely Lillian H Smith Library. (Read More)