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Honda Fuel Cell Scooter

Juniper Foo | Sep 20, 2004

Remember the Honda FCX Fuel Cell Car? It now has a sidekick, a 125cc moped that looks like a snazzy Bat-scooter for boy wonder Robin. Beating rival Yamaha to the punch, Honda has created a prototype of the world's first working fuel cell for a two-wheeler, originally developed for cars. Available only in green (presumably to emphasize its environmentally friendly intentions), this scooter promises near-zero emissions. Good news for urban Asia, which is slowly choking on the photochemical fumes of its congested transportation system. Unfortunately, Honda has yet to decide when to start selling it or at what price to peg it.

Price: N.A.
Availability: Still being refined
Device: Scooter
Basic specs: 125cc scooter, Honda Fuel Stack technology

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Airconditioned motorbike

Juniper Foo | Sep 02, 2004

Rain or shine, it sucks to be a motorist. Those two-wheeled chariots just aren't designed to keep out the elements. Since you can now lay hands on a bike with an attached canopy, it only remains to invent a motorcycle with onboard airconditioning. Impossible? Enter Israeli inventor Glen Guttman whose solution is simply an electronic unit powered by a standard motorcycle battery. This funnels cold air through a connecting tube into a thermal undershirt worn under the motorcyclist's jacket. The special undershirt apparently distributes cold air evenly over the rider's entire upper body. So far, no one's mentioned what happens after you get off your bike, and start baking in all that extra apparel, undershirt included. Still, crash helmets off to an ingeniously cool idea (pun intended).

Price: N.A.
Availability: Beta trials in the US
Device: Airconditioning unit
Basic specs: Tubing, airconditioning unit, undershirt

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