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As urban underground landscapes heat up, the swelling and contraction they’re experiencing is putting stress on the buildings above that they weren’t designed to handle. So says a new study that calls the effect a “silent hazard.”Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Subterranean warming in cities likely destabilizing the buildings above
Japan’s N-Ark has revealed plans for an incredibly ambitious floating city that would host tourism, medical facilities, and even space rockets. Named Dogen City, it would be designed to take any climate change-related sea rises in its stride and provid… Continue reading Hugely ambitious self-sufficient floating city to host 40,000 people
Researchers have enlisted a new kind of helper to monitor the microbiomes of cities around the world: the honeybee. A recently published analysis shows that the debris which gathers at the bottom of their hives can reveal a great deal about what’s goin… Continue reading Honeybee hive debris provides snapshots of urban microbiomes
LA-based e-mobility outfit Splach is returning to Indiegogo next month with a moto-inspired Class 3 ebike called the Cross, which rocks full suspension and air-filled fat tires, a 1-kW peak motor and 125-mile dual batteries.Continue ReadingCategory: Bi… Continue reading Retro-styled Cross ebike motors through the city and beyond
Among a bunch of e-mobility solutions on show at Okai’s CES 2023 booth last week were the slick-looking EB60 commuter ebike that’s pegged for US availability later this year, along with the company’s first eMTB – the very limited EB20.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Okai confirms 2023 US release for slick-looking commuter ebike
Continuing its love affair with fat tires, oddly-named e-mobility company Cyrusher has recently launched a new flagship – an all-terrain ebike called the Ranger that sports full suspension, a 1,200-W Bafang motor and a 50-mile battery.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Full-suspension fat-tire ebike built for city streets and dusty trails
Back in 2020, Cleveland CycleWerks revealed a retro-modern electric motorcycle called the Falcon. The company co-founder splintered the project into a new startup in August of that year, and now the Falcon has taken flight as the District.Continue Read… Continue reading Retro-cool electric motorcycle picks up where 2020’s Falcon left off
Pierpaolo Lazzarini is certainly no stranger to imagining – and even realizing – unusual designs, but his latest conceptual yacht is his most ambitious to date. Taking the form of a gigantic turtle, the Pangeos is envisioned as a movable “city” that th… Continue reading The incredible plan to build an $8 billion turtle-shaped floating city
London/Hong Kong-based mobility startup Rymic is looking to lower the price of commuting by ebike with the launch of the Infinity 3, which combines a torque sensor, hub motor, 100-km battery and relatively lightweight build with a $1,099 Indiegogo star… Continue reading Torque-sensing commuter ebike rides for 100 km per charge
About a year ago, Velotric launched a successful Indiegogo campaign to fund an urban step-through ebike capable of rolling for up to 80 miles. Now the startup is back with a fat-tire adventure model called the Nomad 1.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles… Continue reading Lime co-founder rides out Nomad 1 fat-tire adventure ebike