Mobility & Transport
Digital freight network helps truckers earn more while reducing emissions
Convoy’s AI-powered app connects drivers with shipments, in order to help eliminate empty trips.
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Mobility & Transport
Autonomous, electric ferry combines design, science and industry
A design initiative hopes to create an incentive for people to travel by water with a connected, autonomous, electric ferry that operates on demand.
Mobility & Transport
Battery-powered bicycle carts offer sustainable, compact transport of goods
URB-E’s battery-powered bicycles designed to tow heavy loads are now towing cargo carts that can hold up to 363kg of groceries.
Mobility & Transport
In-car radar warning system aims to keep pedestrians safe
The wireless sensors alert nearby vehicles when human motion is detected close to the road.
Health & Wellbeing
Roadside barriers deflect pollution from pedestrians
Researchers have developed a curved barrier to deflect harmful air particulates away from pedestrians and back onto the roads.
Mobility & Transport
Indian EV scooter company develops net-zero mega-factory
Ola is building a sustainable mega-factory that will aim to produce ten million scooters per year.
Mobility & Transport
A ridesharing concept that alleviates ‘eco-guilt’
Joyn could become an eco-friendlier alternative to existing ride-sharing services, with greener vehicles and a rewards program based on sustainable behaviour.
Computing & Tech
Portable speakers made from old e-bike batteries
A British sustainable design business is set to upcycle battery packs from Lime e-bikes and e-scooters and turn them into portable Bluetooth speakers.
Architecture & Design
HS2 rail ventilation shaft disguised as a barn
An architecture firm has worked with local residents to design a ventilation shaft that blends in with the local environment.
Mobility & Transport
Boat acts as floating plastic waste-disposal factory
The Manta is a ship designed to collect and process plastic waste, before using it to power clean-up operations.
Sustainability
Polystyrene foam replacement solves recycling issues
Researchers have developed a recyclable insulating material that could be used as a replacement for non-biodegradable polystyrene.
Health & Wellbeing
Solar-powered device stops mosquito-spread at its source
Nymphea Labs hopes to stop the spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes by disturbing the water in which they breed.