Category: Transport
GoCycle 2 from Karbon Kinetics on the way
Karbon Kinetics have announced that they are working on a next generation model of their impressive GoCycle bicycle range. Lightwieght and portable, the GoCycle has garnered many fans thanks to it's one-button access to electric propulsion, giving riders an extra…
Real-life Star Trek teleporter in the works!
Those crazy kids over at Imperial College are at it again. Famed for their pioneering research into invisible sheds, they say they have applied the undetectable garden sanctum theory of metamaterials to produce a type of "space-time cloak." Which…
Paris Motor Show 2010: Ford Focus experience
Remember when the nearest thing you got to hi-tech in a car was a cassette desk and cigarette lighter. Not any more. New models, like the latest generation Ford Focus, have voice-activated sat nav and in car entertainment as well…
Paris Motor Show: First look at Ford Focus ST
Stephen Odell, Chairman and CEO of Ford Europe and Alan Mulally, President and CEO, Ford unveil the new Ford Focus ST. More powerful than the previous model, it's also 25 per cent more fuel efficient. The model is due to…
Ford Focus launch event, Paris Motor Show
Here we are at the launch of the new Ford Focus in Paris – a car which Ford promises will be its first truly global model. As well as loads of new safety features including Active Stop where the car's…
VIDEO – GoCycle: riding about town and chatting with its inventor
What do you do when you stop engineering sports cars for McLaren? You turn your hand to revolutionising the humble bicycle, that's what! Anna from Tech Digest sister-site Shiny Shiny had a chat with Richard Thorpe, creator of the…
Face-off: New Routemaster London bus vs. classic design
The Routemaster wasn't just a bus; it was an iconic example of industrial engineering-cum-aesthetic tour de force which was every bit as important to Londoners and tourists alike as Big Ben, Carnaby Street in the swinging sixites and the…
TomTom Go Live 1000 launched
TomTom has launched its latest flagship GPS system, the TomTom Go Live 1000. With a design more in line with a smartphone than an in-car sat-nav, it's a bold move by the company currently battling the influx of mobile applications…
Best Buy UK stores to stock electric cars, bikes and scooters – Gallery
Best Buy, the massive US tech retailer, are opening stores in the UK this week, with the first opening in Lakeside on the 30th April. But it's not just hard-drives and gadgets for sale; Best Buy UK are set to…
WhipCar launches the world's first online neighbour-to-neighbour car rental service
There are plenty of online car rental services, but here's one with a twist: rather than renting a company car from a car pool, WhipCar lets you come to an agreement with Mr Jones next door and take his car…
