Jerrod Bouchard and Craig George will be in Boston this weekend to put the finishing touches on their assisted HPV vehicle, a recumbant bike that runs on pedaling power or solar power. The UMR students started working on the project last summer at the MIT Design Summit. Now, their vehicle -- which is capable of doing 70 mph -- will be showcased at the SolidWorks World Conference coming up in February.

Meanwhile, a mini-documentary on the Design Summit will be rebroadcast Jan. 10 on Discovery HD. Oh yeah, and Jerrod and Craig are also making plans to break the collegiate HPV speed record this year. To do that, they are building a separate vehicle that will need to be capable of going 62 mph with only human power.

In addition to the bike built for record breaking, the UMR HPV team -- which is only about the best HPV team ever -- is building a yet another bike for this year's competitions against other college teams.