We’ve often said that some of the best gadgets are also some of the simplest ones; a great example is the wind up radio which was pioneered by Trevor Baylis OBE in the 1990’s. The device used kinetic energy produced by winding to charge and store energy in batteries, eliminating the need for electricity. Not content with the wind up technology the same team has now...
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With so much talk at the CES 2011 being around connected cars it is perhaps fitting that this year we are seeing the first ever new model launched here by one of the big car makers. The maker in question is Ford and the model is the Focus Electric. The company CEO Alan Mulally states that Ford’s very first electric car with no harmful emissions will give a better mileage...