Pedal-powered machines created to help farming families in Guatemala

Imagine a bicycle blender that can not only grind corn but also make shampoo. It’s an invention that’s helping improve people’s lives in Guatemala.
For this week’s Game Changer meet the founder of Maya Pedal...Mario Juanes.
Mario Juanes is a Mayan Indian activist who lives in the remote highlands of Western Guatemala where having access to electricity and running water is not always easy. And that has a direct impact on people’s health and economic well-being.
So, Mario found an ingenious solution which involves pedal-powered machines and the power of human motion. It's changing the lives of thousands of people.
Mario is working to make the Maya Pedal concept available in countries other than Guatemala as well.
Watch this week’s Game Changer on Americas Now here.

[@soniatriana9091]

This is genius👍🏻🤗👏🏻👏🏻. How smart is this idea!!! A sustainable source of power is human power? Evert country can definitely benefit from this invention!! Especially the rural regions of the world!!

[@spiritakarabbit369]

Muy bien INTELLIGENTE. En esa forma los humanos pueden producir lo que necesitan en plentitud...sin quedarse sin trabajar, para que humanos siguen haciendo lo que le gusta sin macinas quitar trabajo....en Las economias...esto es bueno para trabajadores de restaurant....y lo bueno es que tambien los humanos no se tan dejando esclavizarse por el dinero...se puede hacer dinero...sin el dinero siendo una necesidad por los basicos de la vida

[@applepoop10]

Build a bicycle powered electrical generator. So the families can also have portable power to operate basic appliances and charges cell phones and other stuff.

[@davidpack5902]

muy bella, amigos

[@MyNathanking]

1:12: Human-powered blenders are different from most other human-powered machines because they operate on intense and short bursts of power. Consequently they need flywheels --- in addition to the bicycle wheel --- and they need an extremely high gear ratio, for you'll have to turn that blender blade at 16,000 RPM with a half-horsepower burst for the first two seconds. You'll also need a gearshift to engage and disengage the blender. To operate the blender you'll spend at least 30 seconds pedaling up to speed before you suddenly engage the gear to operate the blender.

[@hellreza]

governments could use these kinds of ideas, maybe make free gyms with these bikes that generate electricity. then people can stay in shape for free while providing power for others at a low cost.

[@CaptainDanWolf]

Amazing!

[@normsawyer4192]

Good work

[@jedemmer6063]

How can Mario be contacted, or where can a pedep powered machine be gotten?

[@kimrodrigez1226]

Donde venden

[@TheDaddyVampBabyVampChannel]

Amazing-I’m going to share this great work on my Facebook page: Maya of Copán: Artisans & Sacred Life. I touch on issues for Copán, and affecting the whole Maya region in Central America. Thank you!!

[@ahmdabdallah5811]

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[@canaldoportugues10]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👌👍🤝

[@luiscarlosledesma6814]

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