Austin powers! Retired lecturer converts noisy 1934 open-top Austin Seven tourer into an eco-friendly electric runabout that uses batteries David Willis, 84, transformed his 1934 Austin Seven into a modern electric car Original 747cc petrol engine swapped for Chinese 10KW electric motor for £1.6k Top speed of 40mph and a full charge gives it around … Read more
Scientists in the US claim to have developed the ‘holy grail’ of electric vehicle (EV) batteries using a design inspired by a BLT sandwich. The battery, developed by Harvard experts, is lithium metal, rather than lithium ion found in EVs that are already on the market. The BLT-inspired design overcomes the issue of dendrites – tiny, … Read more
Earlier this week, Elon Musk, the Tesla boss, asked his 52.5m Twitter followers what the future would hold. For the tycoon, it might augur a £9bn bonus, thanks to the surging sales of Tesla models which, like other electric cars, are increasingly popular. The battery technology that powers these vehicles is seen as a way … Read more
The wearable market has been anticipating for a new Galaxy Watch model from Samsung. It is going to be the Galaxy Watch 4 as per several mentions already. It may run on Wear OS and will probably arrive with the Galaxy Watch Active 4. The watch will still be round and may run on Qualcomm … Read more
A few days ago, the Lenovo Legion 2 Pro was leaked and was said to be arriving soon. The day has come and Lenovo is ready with a new Android gaming phone. Officially called as the Legion Phone Duel 2, this one is ideal for the hardcore mobile gamers who enjoy streaming. The phone can … Read more
While our bones act as a support structure for our body, millions of years ago they behaved like batteries to help ancient fish travel long distances. A team of German paleontologists analyzed bone structures of a 423 million-year-old jawless, armored extinct species that showed the creature’s bone cells dissolved some of the tissue to supply … Read more
The OnePlus 9 series is finally out. The new premium flagship smartphones from the Chinese OEM that never settles were introduced together with the OnePlus Watch. Some media outlets have already received units. Our friends over at SlashGear has done a review already. This time, Zack Nelson aka JerryRigEverything has managed to do a durability … Read more
International Space Station releases 2.9-TON pallet of batteries into orbit that NASA says should burn up ‘harmlessly’ in the atmosphere in two to four years The International Space Station has discarded its largest piece of space junk NASA controlled a robotic arm to discard a 2.9-ton pallet of batteries into space The batteries were degraded … Read more
After storming up vertical zigzag gradients in turbo gear, the only thing that I could mutter was: ‘Alleluia!’ But I wasn’t the slightest bit tired. Indeed, thanks to my magical electric bicycle I had barely broken out a sweat. These e-bikes have become exceedingly popular, and I can understand why. Breathtaking: Switchbacks like these in … Read more
What is it about Tuscany that makes me go weak at the knees? Rolling hills ablaze with sunflowers, perhaps. Or maybe memories of the afternoon sun shimmering through silvery olive trees. I also recall my youthful calf muscles aching while I panted up to medieval hilltop villages in the heat on my road bike. Day … Read more