Shopping in the supermarket would be a lot more fun with the Trolley-Bike. The product is a shopping cart combined with a bicycle. The design was created by Fang-Chun Tsai, who designed it to make shopping effortless.
The Trolley-Bike goes from grocery cart to bicycle in three easy steps. While I don't think it would be too safe to ride around a grocery store in a bicycle shopping cart, I do think this design would be great for getting your groceries to the car in a timely fashion. The only thing I would worry about would be theft. The homeless (at least in the U.S.) are known for taking shopping carts from stores. If you made these shopping carts pedal-powered then you are almost asking to lose a ton of carts to theft.
Pedal-Powered Shopping Carts
The Trolley-Bike Makes Going from Aisle to Aisle Easier
Trend Themes
1. Pedal-powered Transportation - There is a disruptive innovation opportunity in creating pedal-powered alternatives for transportation.
2. Efficient Shopping Solutions - The combination of shopping carts and bicycles presents disruptive innovation opportunities for creating efficient shopping solutions.
3. Theft Prevention Technology - Developing theft prevention technology could address concerns around the potential theft of pedal-powered shopping carts.
Industry Implications
1. Transportation - The transportation industry can explore pedal-powered alternatives as a sustainable and efficient mode of transportation.
2. Retail - The retail industry can adopt pedal-powered shopping carts to improve the shopping experience and customer convenience.
3. Security - The security industry can develop innovative theft prevention technology to safeguard pedal-powered shopping carts.