2014 saw a bumper crop of new, sustainable technologies and ever-evolving innovation. Our coverage has spanned data and drones, renewables and smart cities, but the stories that stood out looked to the future, profiling new ideas that could shape the way we travel, use energy and eat.
Elisabeth Braw’s story on the bicycle gear which can track your heart rate and monitor potholes excited cycling enthusiasts, while Bernie Bulkin’s analysis of two exciting cleantech innovations sparked attention.
Continuing the renewables theme, Ucilia Wang’s piece on the couple pioneering solar road surfaces attracted simultaneous applause and criticism, while Marc Gunther presented us with the latest thinking on biotech crops with health benefits.
1. Reinventing the wheel: new tech turns regular bikes into hybrids – and a traffic tool
The Copenhagen Wheel turns bicycles into electric hybrids able to multiply pedal power, track your heart rate and monitor potholes. But at $800, it costs more than a bike
2. Lithium sulphur graphene - a battery breakthrough?
A new battery under development promises to store twice as much and power an electric vehicle for more than 300 miles
3. Perovskites: the future of solar power?
With predictions of up to 50% efficiency and named one of the breakthroughs of 2013, perovskites are the clean tech material development to watch right now
4. Are solar panel road surfaces the path to the future?
adapting solar panel technology to create a new road surface
5. GMO 2.0: genetically modified foods with added health benefits
New genetically engineered products have been designed to be healthier and save waste, but the technology cannot be imposed on people who don’t want it
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