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Weiss</a> - June 24, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/lexus-hoverboard/38176/pictures"> 3 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/lexus-hoverboard/38176/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/lexus-hoverboard.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>For years, designers and startups have been attempting to mimic fiction and create a hoverboard like the one famously piloted by Marty McFly in <em>Back to the Future II</em>. Those efforts have only accelerated now that it's 2015, the year in the "future" that the famous hoverboard scene was set. We never expected a luxury automaker to throw its hat into the hoverboard ring, but today (that's June 24, not April 1), that's exactly what Lexus did. </p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/lexus-hoverboard/38176/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38137"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38137"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/urbantransport/"> — Urban Transport </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/bultaco-brinco-e-bike/38137/">Bultaco puts its motorcycle know-how into a 2,000-watt electric bike</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/author/cc-weiss/" rel="author">C.C. Weiss</a> - June 23, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/bultaco-brinco-e-bike/38137/pictures"> 45 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/bultaco-brinco-e-bike/38137/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/bultaco-brinco.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>When Spanish motorcycle manufacturer <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/bultaco-rapitan-sport-resurrected/32117/" title="Link: http://www.gizmag.com/bultaco-rapitan-sport-resurrected/32117/">Bultaco announced its return</a> to the market last year, we were expecting some new electric motorbikes. What we weren't necessarily expecting was an electric bicycle. For the first product launched in its second life, Bultaco has shrunk its electric powertrain technology down and put it to asphalt and dirt in the form of a full-throttle electric-assist mountain bike: the Brinco e-bike.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/bultaco-brinco-e-bike/38137/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="38090"> <div class="article-top" data-article="38090"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/urbantransport/"> — Urban Transport </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/moto-pogo-one-wheeled-self-balancing-scooter/38090/">Moto Pogo enters the one-wheeled electric scooter marketplace</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/" rel="author">Ben Coxworth</a> - June 19, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/moto-pogo-one-wheeled-self-balancing-scooter/38090/pictures"> 7 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/moto-pogo-one-wheeled-self-balancing-scooter/38090/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/moto-pogo.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>It wasn't too long ago that we were all amazed by the introduction of the Segway – <em>How can a vehicle with just two side-by-side wheels stay upright?</em> we wondered. Since then, however, contraptions such as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/solowheel-gyro-stabilized-electric-unicycle/17900/" target="_blank">Solowheel</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/onewheel-electric-skateboard-ces/30345/" target="_blank">OneWheel</a> have shown that even a single wheel will work. The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/version-three-self-balancing-unicycle-focus-designs/21683/" target="_blank">SBU</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/honda-u3-x-new-york/14742/" target="_blank">U3-X</a> added a seat but took away the handlebars from the concept, while the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/ryno-one-wheeled-scooter/20385/" target="_blank">Ryno</a> has both a seat and bars. Now, Montreal-based entrepreneur Carl Dagenais is throwing his hat in the one-wheeled-scooter ring, with the Moto Pogo.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/moto-pogo-one-wheeled-self-balancing-scooter/38090/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--news-byte" data-article="37900"> <div class="article-top" data-article="37900"> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/london-cycle-detection-system-traffic-light-trial/37900/">London to trial cyclist detect systems at traffic lights</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/author/stu-robarts/" rel="author">Stu Robarts</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/london-cycle-detection-system-traffic-light-trial/37900/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/london-cycle-detection-system-traffic-light-trial.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>In what it calls a "world first," Transport for London (TfL) will trial cyclist detection systems at traffic lights in the city with a view to improving cycle-flow. The technology aims to detect the number of cyclists travelling along a route. It then adjusts traffic signal timings to give cyclists more time on green lights.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/london-cycle-detection-system-traffic-light-trial/37900/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="37901"> <div class="article-top" data-article="37901"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/urbantransport/"> — Urban Transport </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/ibeacon-smart-public-transport-bucharest/37901/">iBeacon technology powers a new Smart Public Transport project in Bucharest</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-nield/" rel="author">David Nield</a> - June 7, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/ibeacon-smart-public-transport-bucharest/37901/pictures"> 8 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/ibeacon-smart-public-transport-bucharest/37901/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/onyx-beacon-smart-public-transport.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>Romanian tech firm Onyx Beacon is teaming up with the local authorities in Bucharest to install 500 iBeacon devices on buses across the metropolis. It's hoped that the new Smart Public Transport (SPT) initiative will make the city safer and more accessible for the estimated 12,000 visually impaired citizens who live there.</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/ibeacon-smart-public-transport-bucharest/37901/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </div> </article> <article class="article-summary article-summary--None" data-article="37860"> <div class="article-top" data-article="37860"> <a class="label" href="/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/urbantransport/"> — Urban Transport </a> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/fast-charging-edda-electric-bus/37860/">Fast-charging EDDA electric bus shows promise for regular use</a></h1> <div class="clearfix"> <span class="pull-left"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/" rel="author">Ben Coxworth</a> - June 3, 2015 </span> <a class="picture-count" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/fast-charging-edda-electric-bus/37860/pictures"> 2 Pictures </a> </div> </div> <div class="inline-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758/http://www.gizmag.com/fast-charging-edda-electric-bus/37860/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627060758im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/edda-bus.jpg" title=""> </a> </div> <div class="summary"> <p>If electric buses are ever going to become a common sight in cities around the world, then they'll need to be able to operate like their traditional counterparts. This means no taking long breaks to recharge, or sacrificing seating space for the storage of huge batteries. 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