The monowheel—a bizarre, one-wheeled vehicle that places its rider inside the wheel itself—has captivated inventors and daredevils for over a century. Yet despite scattered fascination, this machine ...

Together with colleagues from the USA, scientists from the University of Bonn and the research institute Caesar in Bonn have used nano-structures to construct a tiny machine that constitutes a ...

Discover the innovative process of creating a custom one-wheel electric vehicle, inspired by both racing and hoverboard ...

A woman travels down a street on an electric unicycle. Q: I saw an electric unicycle on a city street violating various traffic laws. I looked up what I saw online, and some of these unicycles have ...

Ferdinand Porsche, it seems, was always ahead of the curve. He conceived one of the earliest electric cars back in 1900, which later added a gas engine to compensate for its primitive lead batteries.

The earliest evidence of the invention of the wheel pops up around 5,500 years ago in Uruk, ancient Mesopotamia, which has to go down as the most innovative society in human history. These guys, best ...

Driving a fuel-efficient hybrid vehicle can make you feel greener, but if you live where winter is more white than green, you might want to consider one of the hybrids that offer all-wheel drive.