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Paper luggage tags could soon be a thing of the past; travellers can now use their smartphone and digital luggage tags to check in their smart bag from home. There’s a poignancy about removing the old dog-eared luggage tags that have accumulated on the handles of suitcases, but according to those in the know, they are an outmoded way of...

Now that the five pence charge has drastically reduced the number of plastic carrier bags we use, the time has come for a more sustainable alternative. Biodegradable 'plastic' carrier bags made from corn starch do not offer viable means of further reducing the one trillion (one thousand billion) plastic bags used every year worldwide. A...

Bicycle seat post pumps are not a new idea, so why are most bikes sold without them? The makers of AIRSUPPLY hope to change that for good with a design they've been developing for the past seven years. AIRSUPPLY is designed to be compatible with any bicycle, saddle and valve. The pump comes with various adaptors to fit most down tube sizes...

Driverless car trail blazer Elon Musk is confident that technology capable of dealing with real world roads is less than two years away from production, but predicts that regulators will take up to five years to approve it. The computers being developed for driverless cars need to recognize objects no less quickly and effectively as the...

When those in positions of power and responsibility use bikes to get about, they send a powerful message to those who see the car as king. No chauffeur-driven limos for the Danish Crown Prince and Princess when they do the daily school run from the Amalienborg Palace. Like 40,000 other Copenhageners, they choose to use a cargo bike. It's a...

It is said that every bicycle weighs the same because the more valuable it is, the heavier the bike lock it needs. It's a conundrum the Litelok aims to solve forever. Weighing under 1 Kg, Litelok promises to be the lightest gold rated Sold Secure bike lock currently on the market. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] As well as being stronger and...

The tendency of motorists to overtake bicycles too close, a dangerous habit more often the result of inattention than malice, is addressed by the Brightside – a sideways-facing cycle light. When cycle insurer the ETA asked 800 cyclists to name their least favourite aspect of life on two wheels, 52% named ‘cars and lorries passing too close’...

Is this the coolest electric bicycle in the world? Evoking the elegant lines of the board track racing motorcycles of the early twentieth century, the Vintage E-tracker looks unlike any other electric bike on the market. As standard the £4,995 Vintage e-tracker bike come with a throttle that allows you to control the level of...

France is to install 1,000 km of solar roads over the next five years as part of its bid to supply renewable energy to 5 million people. The Wattway photovoltaic panels are only 7 mm thick making it possible for them to be applied on top of the existing road surface without any need for rebuilding works. A test of the technology at...

The Fontus Ryde water bottle harvests moisture from the air to create safe drinking water. The bottle clips to the top tube where it draws in the air stream from around the bike. In the right climatic conditions, the Fontus Ryde water bottle can produce one pint of condensed drinking water every hour. No word yet on price, but the Fontus...