History of the Monocycle

Humankind has, for some reason, been intent on perfecting a one-wheeled form of transportation since the 1800s.

It wasn’t until we started outfitting the monowheels with internal combustion engines that things became truly absurd. - Read more at Motherboard.

Ed note: The unsolved case of the “Lost Cyclist.”

London Had All-Electric Taxis in 1897

In 1897, a small fleet of electric taxis trundled along the streets of London alongside the horse-drawn carriages of the day. London’s Science Museum recently obtained one of these relics, known as a Bersey taxi, for use in a display about climate change.

Video: Science Museum

Ed note: Charging ahead with a new electric car.

The Next Best Thing To Rain X

Photograph by Subodh Natu (Sudama Nagar Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India), July 2009, Ratlam Highway