Amphibious Bicycle. Prototype #2

This is the second prototype that I made. The purpose of this one was so that it stays afloat on water. 

I once again used tape for wheels and bike grips as the floating device.

It does stay afloat on water. Mission accomplished.

Amphibious Bicycle. Prototype #1

This is the first concept prototype that I came up with. The recumbent position of the bicycle is actually very hard to tackle.

In this design, I imagine the wheels to also have flippers attached to them so that you can move forward.

The bellow pipes actually collapse and go in and out. I imagine these to work on the principle of trapping air in an overturned container so that the bicycle stays afloat.

How can I ever make something that will actually be correct. The biggest problem in my prototype, you can't peddle.

Mission Naryanapura

Waking up super early is really not my thing. And 5.30 is a little early don't you think.
But the minute I stepped out, I was in utter bliss. Oh the weather. You are very lucky Bangalore.
Anyways, coming back to early morning. We wasted for our remaining teammates at the Dairy Cross bus stop. They all showed up around 6.45. Yes, I waited. Ughh.
So now its Shaun, Vivan, Aakash and I and accompanying  us were Mani, Muttu and Manoj along with Ms. Sharda. Shaun and AAkash took off on their bike. And to that I said, "Yeah right! you're never gonna find the place." I think karma has a way of getting back at me. I got lost. We went to a wrong village. Awesome right! I really am stupid.
Whatever. So after two long hours of trying to find Naryanpura, I gave up and took an auto.But we finnaly reached.
Naryanapura is a rather small village compared to its nearby villages, only thirty houses.
Mapping the assets of a village is a rather hard task. I was initially thinking of it in terms of  what exactly would benefit an individual in his work. But its more about the entire community. What are the institutions or amenities available to a person that are beneficial to him in his/her livelihood.
We saw a lot. We walked a lot. We did goofy things. But we behaved.
As night time approached, we headed home.

DABBA, the great!

The 'Dabba' issue continues.

Assignment- Redesign the very famous Indian meal packaging device, the dabba.  

I have almost tried everything. But somehow, every idea that I come up with is either too impractical, or too complex in comparison to the existing product.


Endless conversations with Vivan have led me to the conclusion that there is no ideal alternative to this product. Trade offs must be made. My search continues.


I hope to not give up soon.


Thats all for today.