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Softwheel uses inner suspension arms to re-invent the wheel for bikes and chairs [video]

Considering all of the technological advances made in bicycles, cars and trains; the humble wheelchair hasn't advanced very much since the first one was...

Driverless car partnership emerges between Tesla and Israel’s Mobileye

A decade from now, Tesla is expected to have a suite of driverless vehicles on the road - a feat that wouldn't be possible...

Syrian conflict and broken roads opens new business channels for cycling

A Facebook campaign called “She Wants a Bicycle Now” led by Syrian college students is getting young people on bikes in impressive numbers. A shout-out...

Beirut bike messengers deliver groceries and parcels by cycling

I did the best part of my growing up in Toronto, a cold and somewhat bike-crazed city. It's there where I met...

An electric bike getaway “car” used by Israeli bomber

In an attempt to settle a business dispute, an Acre-based man from Israel placed a bomb on his enemy's car and fled the scene using...

Camel domestication research challenges Bible’s origins

Camel milk and camel burgers are attracting attention in the west, but these desert dwellers have been long-loved in the Middle East. Camels are...

Empowered Qatari girls win first GCC hybrid electric car competition

An all-women team of Qatari students won the first GCC hybrid electric vehicle competition held in Abu Dhabi over the weekend. Showing some serious...

Renault pulls the plug on Israeli electric cars

The idea was a show-stopper when it was announced: Israel will produce an electric car with a switchable battery. This would reduce range anxiety...

This video will scare you into driving slower

Unlike medication, there are no warning ads that come with your car. The highest road accident fatalities in the world can be found among...

Tour Tel Aviv’s bus station in its all its twisted cement glory

I guess you could say that I have a love-hate relationship with Tel Aviv's Central Bus Station. Love: because it's where I met...

Ungreen rich Arab playboys fly in cars to London for holidays [video]

Why do super-rich Arabs drive around in ungreen super luxury gold Porches and other expensive cars while their poor countrymen face starvation? These types of...

Transformer train station built to withstand rockets!

Public transport is a must, even for people who live under the toil of troubles and conflict. The Israeli town Sderot that borders the...

Moovit raises $28 million for public transportation app

After the success of Waze, an app that lets you plan your route and avoid traffic in real time, comes Israel's next big movement...

Copenhagen Wheel is like a dynamo rocket booster for bikes! [video]

Now there is a good reason not to buy an electric bike: the Copenhagen Wheel from the Senseable City Lab can make you go...

City Transformer electric folding car is a kit car for urban dreams [video]

Israel may have flopped big time when its electric car company Better Place folded this year. It ended with almost a billion in financing...

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Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

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Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

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Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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