City dwellers who have no choice but to breathe a cocktail of noxious gases can turn to house plants to beat airborne pollution, according to research carried out by NASA. Our city air is becoming more polluted. Research by King’s College in 2014 found nitrogen dioxide levels on London’s Oxford Street to be the worst on Earth – a shocking…
Your bicycle does such a good job of keeping you fit, reducing congestion and safeguarding the environment that it deserves its very own BikeHalo. BikeHalo uses loops of LED lights to transform your wheels into ethereal discs of light – white for the front and red for the rear. The wheel lights are waterproof and have a 30-hour battery life…
Smaller bicycle manufacturers are turning to crowd funding to raise the significant sums required to bring exciting new designs to market. The Taga family cargo trike raised almost $5m, the Helix titanium folder $2.2m and Britain’s own GoCycle electric folder almost $500,000. Bike builders Vello were so pleased with the results of their 2014 Kickstarter campaign to launch a 20″ folding bike…
The Electtica is a battery powered Vespa scooter that aims to offer a cheap, clean and quiet alternative to cars. Ever since its launch in 1946, the Vespa has become the scooter of choice for style conscious city commuters the world over. The Vespa might not have enjoyed the reputation for reliability or the record-breaking sales of that other post-war…
The world’s cities are crying out for the potential environmental benefits of electric lorries. Research by King’s College in 2014 found nitrogen dioxide levels on London’s Oxford Street to be the worst on Earth – a shocking revelation that is prompting new restrictions on the type of vehicles permitted to enter the city. Dr David Carslaw, Environmental Research Group, was…
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