I get emails everyday with news of projects that leave me in awe of what the human mind can do. One of the emails I got came with the message that is the headline of this post and it’s so true; turn an artist loose with no limits and cool things happen. Here are two of my favorite bike-turned-into-art projects.

The first is the “Green Hummer Project.” Upon opening the website to the Green Hummber Project I found a “hummer-esque” vehicle that is powered by two humans and rolls around the streets of Savannah, Georgia as a poster vehicle for over-consumption.

The Green Hummer is competitive with the real H2 on many levels and beats the H2 in several categories: gas mileage, weight, load to weight ratio, and cost. It’s also comparable on height, width and seating capacity. Either vehicle will get you around town but you can’t argue with the massive savings in cost and fuel that the Green Hummer offers.

You have to give these students credit for ingenuity. While not a school project, many of the Green Hummer project builders are or were students at the Savannah School of Art and Design. Read more about it: http://greenhummerproject.org/

The next groovy thing is a video clip sent to me by a Trek colleague who said the video would “make Fred Flintstone proud.” I spilled some coffee as I watched it because I was giggling, then laughing at the great spirit behind this pedal powered “car.” As my Trek colleague put it, “My favorite part of the video is the driver talking to the cop. That’s all I’m going to say except enjoy! http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/clips/toronto-cops-dont-like-bicycle-cars-329652.php