James Dyson Award Entry, Strangeworld, An ‘energy in and energy out’ wind powered motorcycle, designed for what the designer, Alistair McInniess imagines the 2050 Australian climate will require.
Says the inventor, "The main task is a development of 'future transport' that can address the prerequisites in a 2050 predicted environment, fuelling a vehicle and it’s user with all the actors necessary for a comfortable and relaxing journey. I have been drawn towards the development of a post fossil fuel motorcycle. The design for a ‘renewable energy’ motorcycle has to address two major problems surrounding tourism travel in Australia; the vast environment Australia has to be traversed, and how to supply the means. The chameleon-like manoeuvrability of a motorcycle in today’s society, lends itself to the environments of 2050, and the hostilities that may arrive in this new age.
"My personal connection with this project dates to when I was riding a rented motorcycle through Glencoe in the Highlands of Scotland, in late 2013. In the middle of Glencoe I stopped as a thought hit me, in some years’ time there will be no way for me, or others, to enjoy a recreational ride like this, thus I envisioned a motorcycle design that would allow for people to travel for leisure, when fuel is no longer an option."
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