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Of course, children’s safety is very important when it comes to bicycling at a young age. Bikes for kids who are new to bicycling usually come with training wheels attached. Then there is common safety equipment such as helmets, elbow pads, knee pads and wrist guards, which teenagers and adults should also be using. However, some people seem to take an extreme approach to bicycle safety for children through unconventional methods. For example, Italtrike recently designed a tricycle with features for extra safety.

Their tricycle is called the oko-Plus. It has a padded seat with a three-point safety harness and a front wheel that can’t make turns beyond 45 degress in order to avoid jack-knifing and toppling over. Furthermore, the oko-Plus also uses a completely enclosed chain-drive with the foot pedals attached to the sides of it instead of on the front wheel. Other features of this tricycle include handbrakes, adjustable handlebars (and the seat is also adjustable) capable of nine different positions, enabling the same child to use the tricycle from age two to age five.

Now that’s quite a list of safety measures for a regular child’s tricycle. Personally, I think Italtrike might have gotten a little carried away in emphasizing safety for users of the oko-Plus. Nonetheless, their efforts show a passion to protect children and that’s a noble goal to be respected. This tricycle is available for $146.

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Currently, the BP oil spill remains at large as a serious threat to the natural environment surrounding it in the Gulf Coast. Right now, more than one hundred and fifty gallons of oil is still flowing out of control. Although beaches are likely to be affected first, the wetlands of Louisiana are also in considerable danger. In comparison to sand, swamp areas and weeds would be greatly contaminated by the oil spill with little hope of ever being cleaned up. However, designers at a firm in Florida called Greenboat Scientific have devised a solution to oil pollution in swamps.

They’ve developed a watercraft called the Weedoo workboat. Initially, this vessel was created as a eco-friendly alternative to the gas-powered airboats commonly used in the South. The watercraft has been redesigned to carry several times its own weight in oil-soaked weeds, surface oil and other forms of swamp contaminants.

The Weedoo is made of ten foot lightweight fiberglass and foam and runs on a propulsion system powered by a rechargeable battery. Furthermore, this watercraft is operated with fingertip joystick controls, allowing it to maneuver through the shallow areas of the wetlands with great ease. The vessel actually works like a farm tractor. It has a quick-change system that’s able to connect to a variety of additional equipment as attachments, which include the extractor conveyor system, a forklift and a swing-arm cutter.

Greenboat is preparing to mass produce Weedoo waterboats by the hundreds and they expect to make one per day at this time. In addition to stopping oil pollution in the swamps, mass production of the watercraft would also provide employment for Florida residents afflicted by the oil spill. Thus, the creation of the Weedoo seems to be a big step in the right direction for solving the oil spill crisis.

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