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Could self-driving bikes change how we use cities?

An autonomous bike that can be hailed and then transport itself to a pick-up point has been developed by the City Science research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab.

BBC Click’s Nick Kwek finds out more.

See more at Click's website and @BBCClick

1 June 2022

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Two women say in a trishaw, covered in a red blanket with a man in high-vis and a helmet steering behind them. They are outside Wells Cathedral

Trishaw service celebrates 100th customer ride

Van passenger can be seen reaching out of window of moving vehicle

Van passenger pushes cyclist off bike

Photo of former West Brom player

Cap honour for footballer killed in World War One

Birmingham & Black Country

Dr Rob Mitchell

Doctor taking on epic ironman triathlon challenge

Ellis Palmer on his handcycle on the Lune Valley greenway

Cycle path transformation to become more accessible

Two women cycling around a round about on dashcam

Cyclist crash dashcam footage released by police

Maddie Saunders

Watch: 'Cycle Speedway is my life'

Hampshire & Isle of Wight

Drone footage shows the moment riders arrived at Southwell

Watch: Drone footage of the Tour of Britain

Omar Terrywall

The man confronting Cambridge's bike thieves

Jon Cuthill with his mountain bike

Reporters' cycle challenge explores nature reserve

Hampshire & Isle of Wight

Jon Cuthill riding a mountain bike

Watch: Reporter enjoys beauty of cycle adventure

Jon Cuthill rides mountain bike down overgrown path

Watch: Spectacular views on reporter's cycle epic

BBC Presenter smiling

BBC South reporter takes on 220-mile cycling tour

Hampshire & Isle of Wight

David Jones

'No parent should have to bury their child'

Black Watch veteran Kevin Stacey served three tours of Iraq, despite being seriously injured by a roadside bomb.

The helmet that saved an Iraq veteran's life

Liam Garner

The teenager who cycled from Alaska to Argentina

Two warehouse workers wear a yellow exoskeleton to help them carry a blue wooden palette.

Exoskeletons help take the strain of heavy lifting

Man drinking beer

AI suggests beer based on taster facial expressions

Nick Kwek drives a car he has hired via car-sharing app Turo

Car-sharing app offers private vehicles for hire

Lara Lewington wears black boxing gloves and punches a punchbag with a orange spot on it.

Punchbags become smart with a sensor-filled cover

The BBC's Lily Jamali is on the left of a split screen with a driverless Tesla taxi on the right

Musk promises self-driving Tesla taxis, but are they safe?

BBC Tech Correspondent Lily Jamali analyses the 'robocabs' and if their technology is up to par.

AI Clone of BBC Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy

Watch: Can BBC reporter's AI clone fool his colleagues?

Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy has an AI clone of himself built to see how sophisticated they can be.

Rows of cars line a car park at night with red lights on and some in a queue

Driverless cars wake residents with nighttime honking

The robotaxis were stationed in a San Francisco parking lot when a feature to avoid crashes set off the noise.

Joe Tidy holding a phone with the picture of a blonde woman

‘Pig butchering’ scammers target BBC reporter

Joe Tidy played along for over two months to learn more about how the scams work.

Samira Hussain

'My boarding pass and luggage tags were filled in manually'

The BBC's Samira Hussain is in Delhi, trying to catch a flight to go on holiday with her family.

10 students took part in the project

College students on life without a smartphone

Ten teenagers swap their smartphones for brick phones as part of a week-long digital detox.

Mobile phone and social media apps

Ros Atkins on... How different countries protect children online

BBC Analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at what what is being done to prevent minors seeing harmful content.

Noland Arbaugh beside Neuralink's Bliss Chapman

Neuralink patient seen playing chess using brain implant

In a livestream on X, the patient explained that he was using a device in his brain to move the cursor.

Nigella Lawson

The celebrities 'deepfaked' for US influencer's ads

Piers Morgan and Oprah have criticised the use of AI deepfake ads used to promote a "manifestation" guide.

Paul Carter tries out the bionic arm

Paul Carter tries out Atom Limbs bionic arm

BBC Click reporter Paul Carter tries out the Atom Limbs prosthetic with 'full range of human motion'.

Jason trying out the prosthetic

Jason shows the BBC how the Atom Limbs prosthetic works

Jason lost his arm in an accident in 2012, and he's been working with Atom Limbs to test their prosthetic.

James Clayton and a demonstrator looking gat the AI mirror

Do we need an AI mirror?

The BBC's James Clayton tests out the latest tech at CES 2024 in Las Vegas.

The word Dementia spelt on wooden blocks

Using virtual reality to diagnose Alzheimer's

Researchers at University College London are investigating how the tech can help with early diagnoses.

Two Grand Theft Auto VI characters holding guns

Watch: Breaking down the GTA VI trailer...in 79 seconds

Here's what our main takeaways are from the long-awaited trailer for the gaming blockbuster.

Tesla's creative director Franz von Holzhausen

Watch: Musk attempts Cybertruck window stunt again

The pickup truck - Tesla’s latest offering - had its windows smashed during a demonstration in 2019.

Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk

‘Like having a very smart friend’: Musk on impact of AI

Billionaire Elon Musk told the British prime minister that he thinks AI could take over service sector jobs and play a role in education.

Elon Musk

'There will come a point when no job is needed,' says Musk

Billionaire Elon Musk tells the British prime minister that AI will be smarter than the smartest human.

Rishi Sunak

Sunak says Musk 'valuable' to AI conversation

The prime minister says Elon Musk's background in AI companies means he is worth speaking to.

King Charles facing the camera

AI presents profound challenges, says King Charles

The King called for unity in addressing challenges ahead of a major UK summit on AI safety.

Elon Musk in the audience the AI Summit

Musk says it is too early to start regulating AI

The tech entrepreneur says "you've got to start with insight before you do oversight".