By Aishwarya Agarwal In 2018, Ford Brazil in partnership with GTB Brazil and Code Studio, redesigned the trunk mat of the Ecosport, their best-selling vehicle for disabled drivers, to give it a new function: a portable ‘Accessibility Mat’. It was designed to help disabled people to negotiate inaccessible streets having…

By Rakshith S Ponnathpur In recent months, there have been several reports on platform workers demanding greater worker rights in India. Platform workers in Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and elsewhere, have protested on the streets and on social media to demand better pay, working conditions, and improved social security from platforms. …

By Nandini Derasari Isn’t it interesting that electrifying buses not only helps reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions but also helps in earning money? The initiative taken by the California state government in the US to mitigate GHG emissions is a new way to encourage schools to electrify their buses. The…

By Roshan Toshniwal The Internal combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles were extremely noisy and required manual effort to change gears and start the vehicles. Additionally, the vehicle could either get a bump start (pushing the vehicle down a slope) or hand-cranked making it inconvenient and dangerous. …

By Adhnan Nazir Wani Transportation fuelled by nothing but gravity! No, it’s not a reference to an act of jumping off the cliff. It’s the good old aerial ropeway, made with pulleys, trolleys, ropes and speed control elements. …

By Sayani Mandal George Lucas’s uber-famous franchise, Star Wars Universe created a wave across platforms, from lightsaber-inspired door handles to Baby Yoda-shaped pancake machines! And then, there are all the games, books, comics, and even fanfiction, all unfurling newer storylines by spilling them over into different platforms and media. “Transmedia…

By Kajol Maheshwari The world is actively adopting electric vehicles, but many still do not have access to basic electricity needs, some of them nestled within the megacities of India. …

By Aishwarya Agarwal In 2019, a video went viral on social media where drivers were stunned by a pop-up crossing in Quebec. The advertisement involved the pedestrians arriving at the crossing to cross the road while the speeding vehicles approached the stop sign. The yellow lines physically flipped up, forcing…

By Anish Michael Imagine a weekend getaway to a picturesque valley sipping our favourite wine, sitting on the boot of our car and watching the sun set into the abyss. But what if the wine also fuelled us to our favourite spot. Well, here is something to keep our spirits…