With the potential to curb urban congestion, could a successful trial scheme in Morocco act as a launchpad for borrowing bikes across the whole continent?
As for WWDC, it's looking more and more likely like we'll see it act as a launchpad for whatever Apple's streaming music offering turns out to be.
Over the years, the fest has acted as a launchpad of sorts for artist collective the Do LaB's ideas about human connection and environmental sustainability.
We want to make mattresses aspirational and cool – that's what makes us different," says Bagniewski. "This brand will reflect the premium quality of our current core product, and so also act as a great launchpad for the exciting ideas that we have planned for the future.
In this 1986 inversion of a country song, Steve Hanley's brooding, malevolent bassline acts as the launchpad into a netherworld of inner-city Manchester, late-night parties, flat pints, hard men and hard living.
The Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, warned of "a cost" if Pakistan did not act to stop its territory being used as a launchpad for Islamist militant attacks.
The venue is often seen as a launchpad to success, with many local and international acts having graced the stage when they were on the brink of going mainstream.
Republicans have used their power in the states as a launchpad for conservative policies, empowering them to undermine President Obama's Affordable Care Act, his actions against climate change, organized labor and reproductive rights nationwide.
