Hello everyone!
It’s been a dream to ride a bamboo unicycle since I saw these beautiful bamboo bikes go out, and I recently decided to launch a challenge to create a challenge to make a bamboo frame that can withstand the abuse of extreme riding.
The idea is to gather a Prize in crowdfunding, and then launch a contest to find a solution in Open Source for anyone to study, modify, produce or distribute it. Once we got a solution that meets all the criteria of strength, lightness and production costs, and that the design and documentation to make it released in Open Licence, then the inventors get the Reward.
I was inspired by the story of Napoleon’s challenges. During european wars his troops couldn’t get the food for his troop in good shape. So he decided to launch a Challenge Prize to see if there was a solution out there, and this is how we got canned foods today.
If we could put together a Prize among us, I think it could attract the attention of inventors that can develop this kind of innovation for the community, and still pay for their work.
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It would be amazing if you could share your feedback and knowing if you’d be interested by this as users or creators