The tech hotlist: the new devices to buy now

From hydrogen cars to robo-mowers, innovators are integrating sci-fi tech with beautiful design. Matt Bingham and Nick Rufford round up the most aspirational products

Nick Rufford
The Sunday Times
Riversimple Rasa
Riversimple Rasa

Riversimple Rasa
Designed and built by former Formula One engineers in Wales, this hydrogen-powered car is the perfect solution to the coming ban on petrol and diesel. It uses fuel cells, which drive an electric motor and cough out nothing but water as exhaust. Built from carbon fibre and other light materials, it has a range of up to 300 miles between refills. You can’t buy it yet — in fact it will be lease-only — but Riversimple is signing up testers.
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Yuneec Typhoon H, £1,300
Helicopter hire firms must be worried: drones are stealing their film-making business. The Typhoon H from the Chinese firm Yuneec is a six-rotor model equipped with a swivelling camera that takes stills and 4K video. You can fly