The Tesla Powerwall is a solar-charged battery for your house and car. Having made a considerable fortune founding and then selling PayPal and subsequently investing in space travel and electric cars, billionaire inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk is promising to revolutionise the way we power our homes. The Powerwall is a sleek-looking unit that is installed in a garage or…
Next time you take the ferry to continental Europe, you have only to look at the number of bicycles on the back of cars to know they have become a must-take accessory for summer driving holidays. After all, exploring a holiday destination by bike is a sociable, practical and cheap way to keep the kids entertained, discover beauty spots and meet the locals. Choosing a bicycle…
Motorway lanes in England were closed almost half a million times last year according to Highways England – the resulting delays estimated to have cost the economy up to £1bn. Next time you find yourself at a standstill on the motorway, chances are the delay is caused by one of the following ten reasons. Motorway lane closures – Top 10…
The Hydaway is a collapsible and reusable water bottle for the iPod generation that aims to reduce the 50 billion plastic water bottles discarded each year in America alone. The brightly-coloured accessory makes an interesting alternative to a conventional bicycle bidon, too. The Hydaway water bottle is intended to be filled from the tap – a source that is cheaper, environmentally-friendlier…
When we built a gold-plated Brompton folder a few years back to give away in a competition, we had no idea what would become of it. After all, how practical is a 24 ct gold folding bicycle? We gave away the gold-plated Brompton S2L offered as a prize in 2009 and it soon appeared on eBay with a ‘buy it now’ price…
