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For more than most spend on a bike itself, cyclists are being offered AIRhub - a front wheel that promises to slow them down. It might sound like an April Fool, but the AIRhub is an altogether serious training tool for professional cyclists. The high-tech equivalent of carrying rocks in your panniers, the smartphone-controlled AIRhub add up...

It has long been known that air pollution in cities is bad for the lungs. There is now increasing evidence to suggest it also affects our brains. According to a study published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry, children living near busy roads during the first year of their life may face an increased risk of autism. Researchers...

Bicycles, like washing machines, shouldn't need to be evangelised about. After all, they are a staple of a civilised day-to-day existence. However, when the question of why more people don’t cycle comes up in conversation, it’s amazing the excuses that are conjured. It’s too dangerous; there are no showers at my office; my commute is too...

Poor driving standards mean every cyclist could do with eyes in the back of their head. Now they can have them, with the iONu device developed by cycle insurer, The ETA. iONu is an inflatable mask that cyclists wear on the back of their heads to give approaching drivers the impression they are being watched....

With festivals on the horizon, many are busy brushing last year’s mud off their wellies and planning what bands they’ll see. But with audience travel making up two-thirds of the sector’s carbon emissions, how we get to our favourite festivals has a huge environmental impact. There are 500 festivals in Britain, which researchers at Oxford...

Tailgating is a contributory factor in a significant number of collisions so business fleet operators are now being offered free training for their drivers. The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) is offering free courses on behalf the Road Safety Trust. Employers with young, male drivers who undertake regular driving in light goods...

Britain's most radical automotive company is edging ever closer to full-scale production of a hydrogen car with a 300-mile range. Pay-as-you-go hydrogen car Riversimple aims to transform the way we use our cars by replacing outright ownership of diesel and petrol cars with hydrogen-powered vehicles you lease like a mobile phone. Customers...

Stealth made its name with the B-52 Bomber - an outrageous electric MTB with a range of 50 miles and a top speed 50 mph. With its 4,000-watt motor, the Stealth Bomber far exceeds the legal limits imposed on electric bicycles, but bypasses the need to be registered as a moped by being classified as an off-road vehicle. However, its...

What better way to enjoy the fleeting sunshine this spring than an inflatable sofa that seats two and packs small enough to fit in a shoe bag? The lightweight inflatable sofa takes only seconds to fill – you simply swing it through the air - and its durable fabric means you can use it year after year. Whether...

How flexible are you about how you travel? What mode of transport would you choose for a trip to the local shops? The commute to work? A holiday in France? An expedition to Senegal? The appetite for large 4×4 cars is as keen as ever. However, while these cars are sold on the promise of adventure, how often do they venture away from tarmac,...