internal hub cvt

Down the road (no pun intended) my hope is to install internal hub transmissions in the rear wheels of the vehicle. Kind of like those old "Sturmy Archer" 3 speed hubs that were very popular and seem to be making a bit of a comeback. The more I thought about it, I decided to come up with a cvt (continuously variable transmission) internal hub transmission. Cvts are being used in hybrid vehicles now like the Prius. They are very efficient and shifting is seamlessly smooth. So I spent all day Wednesday designing one. I am very happy with the results, and after doing a little search of patents, I don't think it has been invented yet. This internal hub cvt may overshadow the vehicle invention. My challenge is to not get to distracted though and keep on keepin on with the vehicle prototype.

Kickstarter

Have you heard about Kickstarter.com? It's a website that creative people post their projects on to raise funds to complete them. All the while offering various gifts for different donation levels. Kind of like public media fund drive only it's for artists/creators. Well, my project was accepted. I am trying to raise money to build a prototype of the human powered vehicle I invented. It's at http://bit.ly/17tAGR . For those of you who,like me, have a creative project but lack enough funds to carry it through to the next level, check it out for your own thing. They may accept your project.