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May 9, 2018

Flying car reality check

I started this morning early, talking to James Max on TalkRadio about Uber’s latest announcements on self-flying…

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Mar 2, 2016

Why companies should pay for complaints

Complaints are an enormously valuable source of feedback. Companies with any motivation to improve service ought to pay for them, and act on them

A few years ago I wrote a blog post about why you should never trust anyone who gives you…

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Oct 7, 2015

The Smart Glider: Designed for Life?

I’ve been riding around on a Future Wheels Smart Glider, one of the many brands of balance board, for a couple of weeks now. One of the joys of my sideline on radio and with The Loadout is that I get to test gadgets like this. And with the Smart Glider it’s fair to…

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Sep 7, 2015

The Bar of the Future…In Space

The heart of a great space bar would be some old-school humanity. A great tender, skilled with the mixing and ready to listen to a traveller's tales.

A couple of months back an enquiry dropped into my inbox from our website. Would I be interested in…

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Sep 2, 2015

Electric Transport: The Jetsons Factor

Wouldn't it be an incredible, Jetsons-like vision of the future: lines of commuters speeding silently across the city on their clean little electric wheels?

Walking the promenade in Spain last week I noticed a lot of electric vehicles. Monocycles…

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Aug 25, 2015

Superhuman? I’ll Settle for Consistent Competence

"In an airport, where I have few choices, I would happily trade serendipity for a smooth experience."

Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

Jun 23, 2015

Bangernomics For All

Yesterday I sold a thirteen-year-old, broken car for £661. I bought it almost exactly four years ago for £2200. During that time it has cost me around £300 a year in parts and servicing. And I spent about another £400 on tidying it up cosmetically. Total spent: £3800.

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Aug 30, 2013

Smart eBike

There are three things that stop me commuting via bike. The first is that my commute stretches from the bedroom to the cellar, and bikes aren’t particularly practical on stairs.

The second is the weather, and glorious as it has been recently, Manchester is never going to be the…

Tom Cheesewright in Book of the Future

Feb 15, 2012

Coming Soon: Electric Cars You Might Actually Want to Own

It may surprise you to know that most petrolheads love the idea of electric cars. At least I believe the real ones do. Sure we will miss the raw sound and contained fury of the combustion engine, but real car lovers are excited by…

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Sep 23, 2009

Car lover not planet hater

I love cars. I love their complexity, their style, their power and their function. I was lucky enough to have a car from a young age: while I was still learning to drive my parents very kindly bought me a slightly dilapidated 1970 Volkswagen Beetle, which I proceeded to clean up…