Bicycle sidecar rickshaws carry materials and people across town (above). There’s no limit to what one of these can carry — a load of logs or granite blocks, or a dozen school kids. The cargo capacity of these rickshaws exceeds any I’ve seen

_{BIKE MODS} in the world. I saw one bike with a small motorcycle
engine under the sidecar. It used an IV bag to drip
water on the motor to keep it cool going uphill on

Underside of another motorized rickshaw showing a hot day. frame structure and power transmission (above). Sometimes a motorcyclist will put out his foot to This one has an air intake hose going to a larger give one a power assist up a hill. air filter canister. A layer of shoe foam insulation makes a load of ice blocks last longer.

SHOE FOAM FLOATS

Half the world’s running shoes are made in this province (left). This dinghy is made from shoe foam. I saw people carrying these bundles of foam blocks on their bicycles and didn’t realize they were dinghies. This man paddled to shore from his boat using pieces of plastic flotsam as paddles. He bobbed up and down on the waves as they smashed against the seawall and then climbed up with help from his wife.

Tim Anderson, founder of Z Corp., has a home at stuff.mit. edu/people/robot/ home.html. When not ice-kite-butt-board-ing in a rooster-crested motorcycle helmet, he can be found all over the world using and documenting heirloom technologies.