The Sound Racer plugs into your car’s stereo to make it sound like a powerful sports car. However, unlike the snarling of an Italian sport car, the sound remains inside the cabin. As cars get quieter, so does life for motorists and pedestrians alike, but the accessory promises to shatter the tranquility of your next journey by allowing even the smallest…
It’s a present that can be endlessly shaken without revealing its identity, will keep the family occupied well beyond Boxing Day and is useful all year round – Bamboobee is the world’s first build-it-yourself bicycle kit. Singapore-based engineer Sunny Chuah’s fondest memory is of hs father teaching him how to cycle – an experience that inspired Bamboobee. He hopes the interactive…
Turning the ignition key first thing on a damp November morning was once a gamble, with little guarantee the car would stir itself into life. Thankfully, cars today are more than capable of dealing with the British winter and a few simple precautions can help avoid an unnecessary breakdown. Antifreeze During the winter you use more windscreen wiper fluid so…
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has designed a glow-in-the-dark cycle path based on Vincent Van Gogh’s painting The Starry Night, which opened to the public this week. The glow-in-the-dark cycle path absorbs energy from the sun during the day and releases it at night, causing the particles embedded in the ground to glow like a carpet of stars. The system offers…
There is a brutal efficiency about the Sheffield stand – the steel hoop that has become the bread and butter of cycle racks – but surely it could be improved. Legend has it that the racks were born in Sheffield after canny locals upcycled some old gas piping had to decide what to do with some old gas piping. While there…
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