**1. Modes of Human-Powered Transport:**
– Shopping trolley
– Crawling
– Walking (233 watts at 4.8km/h)
– Walking bus
– Running (1,150 watts at 16km/h)
– Swimming
– Climbing and mountaineering
– Ice skating, roller skating, and inline skating
– Cross-country skiing
**2. Human-Powered Vehicles (HPVs):**
– Skateboards propelled by pushing or gravity
– Trikkes powered by shifting body weight
– Bicycles most efficient type of HPV
– Velomobiles increasingly popular in colder countries
– Cargo bikes used for transporting cargo
**3. Human-Powered Aircraft and Airships:**
– Fixed wing MIT Daedalus human powered aircraft
– Da Vinci III first human-powered helicopter in 1989
– Gossamer Albatross famous human-powered plane
– Current distance record by MIT Daedalus 88
– Current speed record by Musculair 2
– French inventors built man-powered airships
– Solar balloons and airships are new types
– Human power used for thrust in airships
– Lift supplied through buoyancy
– Human power can be devoted to thrust
**4. Human-Powered Watercraft:**
– Punt Pedalo
– Birchbark canoe
– Human-powered watercraft include canoes and rowing boats
– More modern craft use propellers and water wheels
– Hydrofoils have less water resistance
**5. History, Achievements, and Future of Human-Powered Transport:**
– Human-powered transportation dates back to ancient times
– Leonardo da Vinci designed human-powered vehicles in the 15th century
– The first human-powered flight was achieved in 1977
– Notable achievements like cycling speed records and human-powered aircraft flights
– Various human-powered vehicles have set world records for speed and distance
– Continued innovation and sustainability in human-powered transport
– Integration of human-powered vehicles into urban transportation systems
– Efforts to improve safety and accessibility of human-powered transport
