Both the Faraday Porteur and Sinclair Babel Bike are new electric bicycles born from crowd funding, but each is radically different from the other. The Faraday Porteur is designed to look and ride just like a familiar, high-quality bicycle. As with most electric bicycles, the Faraday lets you put in as much, or as little, effort as you want. The bike features…
There will be the rare opportunity to visit a secret part of subterranean London this October when a deep-level WWII bomb shelter opens to the public. The Clapham South shelter is a network of tube tunnels 180 steps below ground and beside the underground station. First opened to the public in July 1944, and one of eight deep level shelters across London, Clapham South has an…
Patrons of a restaurant in Italy called Ai Pioppi can forgo antipasto in favour of free entry to a giant, human-powered, theme park built by the owner. Rides include the Bicycle of Death. The incredible rides include a pedal-powered roller coaster and the Bicycle of Death, a safer – if more exhausting take on the Wall of Death carnival attraction. Pedal-powered…
With the music festival season on the near horizon, camping enthusiast Derek O’Sullivan has developed what promises to be the world’s first correctly insulated tent. Little beats sleeping under canvas, but conventional tents have a few drawbacks. Once the air temperature drops, tents cool very quickly inside and, conversely, in direct sunlight they can become like saunas. On a crowded campsite, the…
With almost a quarter of the Japanese population over 65, engineers at Hitachi have focussed on the needs of the elderly by developing an autonomous mobility scooter that drives itself. The Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System (ROBITS) operates on pavements, just like a conventional mobility scooter, but uses a range of sensors and a GPS guidance system to avoid obstructions as…
01/04/15
01/04/15