Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 3:57pm
This is the Hövding ("chieftain" in Swedish). It looks silly, yes, but before you write it off as some silly concept, realize that this thing is a working prototype. There's even a video to prove it.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 1:04pm
Designer Josh Hadar wasn't content to just build himself a solar-powered trike — cool enough when green DIY projects are all the rage — so instead he went for one with plenty of attitude. By all accounts, it's quite the beast to drive, too.
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 5:59am
It's the kind of product you usually have to buy from a company specializing in green tech. Nokia has unveiled its plans to produce a phone charger that will your cell as you bike around. Weirdly, it's cheap to boot.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 5:24am
If you've had the same helmet for years, there's a chance that wear and tear has made it less effective over time. But how do you know? With this helmet being designed in Germany, all you'd need to do is give your helmet a whiff.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 3:29am
You can get directions for driving, walking and public transit where applicable, and now Google is updating its popular maps service to include biking directions across the US. It's not using the same algorithms to get your from A to...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 5:30am
If you thought texting while driving was dangerous, I submit to you a whole 'nother kind of hazard: reading while biking. It reminds me of this dude I saw once while I was driving down the notoriously packed Interstate 5...
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 12:54pm
Bulgarian architect Martin Angelov wants to put bike lanes in a pretty weird place: the skies above the street. Before you dismiss the image above as a flight of fancy, he's actually put more than a little thought into the...
Friday, January 15, 2010 - 2:00am
A British man has designed a helmet that could save the lives of bikers and the military. The ThermaHelm is a carbon-fiber lid with two lightweight chemical packs — one water, the other ammonium nitrate — built into the lining...
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 10:24am
Some lucky folks in Japan will be able to learn about bike safety using Honda's fancy simulator setup you see above, rather than flying over their handlebars and developing forehead welts the size of golf balls. (Thanks, dad!) While it...
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 1:05pm
The conceptual City Rack by designers Ilya Tkach and Nikita Gutsalenko has a lock built-in so your can secure your bike — rather than having to chain it up to whatever fence or post you find. It looks like...
