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Human Powered Vehicles: Missoula College students create bicycle of the future

March 1, 2013 /

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Come one, come all, the future of transportation is upon us, and it isn’t a hovercraft. It’s a bio-fuel machine capable of running on Doritos, Taco Bell, and french fries. It’s called the bicycle.

Ten students from Missoula College are in the process of building a "human powered vehicle" to enter into the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge, a national competition taking place at NASA’s Ames Research Center in San Jose, Calif.

Hosted by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the three-day challenge is composed of three parts: design, sprint and endurance. Teams will be judged on a cumulative score at the end of the competition.

by Eben Wragge-Keller

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