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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> The Cafe >> Balls... /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1348240823 Message started by Serowbot on 09/21/12 at 08:20:23 |
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Title: Balls... Post by Serowbot on 09/21/12 at 08:20:23 :-?... ..."The bike can immediately change direction to move perpendicular to the previous path of travel,"... Of course,.. when it does,.. the rider will not... They forgot about inertia.. :-?... http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/19/spherical-drive-motorcycle-being-developed-by-engineering-studen/?icid=maing-grid10|htmlws-main-bb|dl25|sec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D208045 http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2012/09/01-spherical-drive-system-opt.jpg |
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Title: Re: Balls... Post by Savage_Rob on 09/21/12 at 08:25:14 That is fugly. |
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Title: Re: Balls... Post by Blinky on 09/21/12 at 08:25:15 First the vacuum cleaner and now the motorcycle. What will that Dyson guy come up with next? |
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Title: Re: Balls... Post by greenmonster on 09/21/12 at 09:19:45 It's a University project. It has some pretty cool technology involved but I don't see them becoming a usable item. Perhaps some of the stuff they learn from it will be though. |
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Title: Re: Balls... Post by ToesNose on 09/21/12 at 10:55:19 Balls......... Said the Queen, if I had them I would be King! Pretty cool concept bike, but far from practical :-? |
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Title: Re: Balls... Post by Paraquat on 09/21/12 at 11:09:43 Could work until you get t boned by a car. http://www.hover-bike.com/ I'm done with traffic. --Steve |
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Title: Re: Balls... Post by verslagen1 on 09/21/12 at 11:44:40 will require that balencing gizmo the segway has. then this would not be a new concept, was done last year by some fellow in japan. |
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Title: Re: Balls... Post by Savage_Rob on 09/21/12 at 14:32:53 I kinda liked the flippety-floppety gyroscopic wheels in the recent Dark Knight movies. Of course that's just fantasy but that often seems to be how we visualize what tomorrow's technology might look like. http://www.rippin-kitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/batpod_01.jpg |
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