Tech Universe: Wednesday 22 January  Photo / Thinkstock Photo /
Thinkstock  BUZZ FOR BIZ: A bee with a backpack! Bee populations
are in decline around the world and that's bad news for
pollinating plants of all kinds, but especially our food
supplies. Australian researchers are attaching 2.5mm x 2.5mm
chips to 5,000 honey bees around Hobart. As the bees approach
known food sources or hives recorders capture the data from the
chips and build up a picture of bee behaviour and the way the
insects move through the landscape. The data will be used to
help farmers and others increase productivity. That's a lot of
buzz for business.  WHEEL ON BOARD: A skateboard has so many
wheels, and you have to push it to get it going. Future Motion's
Onewheel is an electric vehicle that puts a single self-
balancing large wheel in the middle of a board and drives it
with a direct drive electric hub motor. To ride the board you
put one foot on each side of the wheel: one in front and one
behind, and lean to steer it.  The LiFePO4