As the theft of bicycles, scooters and motorbikes in urban areas edges towards epidemic proportions, so continues our quest to thwart thieves. Last week we brought you the Biskiple, a fake skip that acts like an urban cloaking device for bicycles, but this idea is altogether smaller and cheaper. Although no less effective. Bike theft countermeasures: Booby trap your water…
So powerful is the Topeak Joe Blow track pump, that it’s as happy inflating your road bike as it is the family car. With a steel barrel and base and connectors for Presta, Schrader and Dunlop valves, the pump can inflate tyres up to a pressure of 160psi. Keeping bicycle tyres properly inflated is the most simple of aspect bike…
“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” So said H. G.Wells, but who knows what he would have made of the Smog Free Bicycle. No stranger to a dystopian view of humankind, Wells may well have had his optimism dashed. Daan Roosegaarde is the talented engineer behind the…
With an estimated 800 bicycles stolen every single day in Britain, the time has come for a new deterrent against theft; the Biskiple is a flat-pack skip that offers secure storage for bikes. Entirely anonymous in the urban environment, the Biskiple can be erected in less than five minutes on any street or drive. The design is of particular use to…
The risks associated with an ageing population of motorists is prompting Toyota to develop cars that can nurse their drivers. The car maker fears ‘unexpected cardiac events’ will increasingly put drivers, passengers and other road users at risk and believes technology can help. Michigan Medicine researcher Kayvan Najarian, Ph.D. says the project’s goal is to “To come up with a system that…
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