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This is an amazing idea. As part of Design21’s competition to improve the cycling experience with design accessories or add-on’s for existing bikes, Matthew Boyko and Christina Ng came up with the Bloom Device to ‘Peddle Green’. The concept involves mixing seedlings with soap which creates carrier bubbles. When in motion the air pushes these seed-carrying bubbles into the air.

Similar to the tuft of a dandelion as the wind carries the seedling, we propose a way of dispersing seedlings with bubbles and bicycling. Seeds are co-mingled with a bubble mixture and upon pedaling to your destination , you release the floating seeds.

Although this idea did not win the competition, it has gained a lot of publicity via venture capitalist, Guy Kawasaki’s blog. Interestingly, the inventors suggest the best use of this would be in urban, rather than rural areas. As noted in the comments of Guy’s blog, this is likely to cause problems. However, in a rural environment this could prove an especially clever idea.

The winner of the competition was Ben Decherd’s brilliant portable power back, a pack charged by cycling which can be used to power a range of essential devices, most especially in disaster-struck areas. Second place went to the UK’s own Joe Wentworth’s retrofit handlebars.