Holidaymakers looking for cheap city break accommodation need look no further than the nearest parking space. More people in Britain now go for a weekend away than a beach holiday. Research by ABTA reveals that 42% of people took a city break last year, compared with 38% taking a beach holiday. It means finding good value and centrally-located accommodation in European…
According to the Royal Navy’s current recruitment drive: If you can fix a bicycle, you can repair a car. And if you can repair a car you can learn to maintain a helicopter. The trouble is that so few of us now repair our own bicycles, let alone cars, that the idea of dismantling and then rebuilding an aircraft engine seems impossible…
Wind turbines are divisive with many projects souring relationships within and between communities long before any construction starts. French engineers believe the answer may lie in wind turbine trees – designs that aim to be smaller and easier on the eye. The 12m-tall tree structures have 72 vertical turbine leaves that rotate quietly to produce energy. All cables and generators…
British drivers make more claims for whiplash per car collision than any other western European country, according to research this month. Almost 80% of road traffic collisions where one driver admits liability will lead to a claim whiplash claim compared to 35 per cent in the Netherlands and 30 per cent in France found the report by LV. The injury occurs when…
If you have faced a tortuous hill and wished for superhuman powers, consider the Raht Racer; an electrically-assisted pedal trike that can speed you along at 70 mph without breaking a sweat. The Raht Racer uses a flywheel generator to convert pedal power into electrical energy. You pedal as you would a conventional bicycle, but travel as fast as a…
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