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The Kisha umbrella is a high-tech take on the traditional brolly that predicts rain and let's you know if you are about to leave it on the bus. The umbrella is standard issue for any trip – a design so beautiful in its simplicity that has remained largely unchanged for thousands of years. But with over 30m umbrellas sold each year in...

Retro-fit electric bicycle wheels promise twice the practicality and half the price of a conventional e-bike. Retro-fit electric bicycle wheels There is much talk about battery-powered cars, but electric bicycles are already being bought around the world in their hundreds of thousands. And while it's easy for cyclists to scoff at electric...

Start-up Ventum has a single remit; to build triathlon bicycles for people who like to go fast. Co-founders Diaa Nour and Jimmy Seear claim their 2015 bikes are lighter, faster and more technologically advanced than the competition. Triathlon bicycles According to Seear: “We don’t start with an existing bike and ask ‘What can we add to sell...

Crumple zones, anti-lock brakes and, before them, seatbelts have dramatically improved safety for car drivers, but they have also allowed motorists to subtly abdicate their duty of care to themselves and others. The point is, now we have better cars, we need to be better drivers. The Institute of Advanced Motorists looked at data on 700,000...

There’s always a sense of trepidation when you check a bicycle in as luggage with an airline, but there are steps you can take to minimize the chance of it being damaged in the hold. Flying with your bicycle First things...

Germany is to unveil the world’s first section of public road dedicated to driverless cars. German car manufacturers do not intend to rely on Google for driverless car technology ," Germany's Transport Minister...

If you're a cyclist with little sympathy with bike thieves, you might be in the market for an ejector saddle. Powered by compressed air, the ejector saddle is punched 2 metres into the air if not first disarmed by the bike’s owner. The ejector saddle was developed by the ETA, a leading cycle insurance company that has already tested...

An American student has spent £6,000 converting a school bus into the world's coolest campervan. Hank Butitta wanted to work at full scale for the final project of his Architecture masters at the University of Minnesota, but unable to fund the building of a conventional home he bought the bus and converted it into a tiny living space.The...

There’s no legal requirement for a car to have headlamps, but that doesn’t stop them being fitted to every model. So why are things so different when it comes to bicycles? The LightSKIN LED seat post is a step towards factory-fitted bicycle lights; the five LEDs look beautifully sleek and are impossible to leave at home. Two AA batteries...

Cycling might be counterculture, but never before has it been quite as underground as the Mega Cavern mountain bike park – a 350,000 square feet subterranean trail system in Louisville, Kentucky. The disused limestone quarry has 90-ft ceilings, a constant year-round temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and as a former dumping site for hardcore...