Morphing wheel research can ride over uneven surfaces and obstacles
Wheelchairs and mobile robots are useful (and sometimes necessary) tools for those who need them but because of the way their wheels are built, there…
Wheel
This air pollution sucking bike wheel is the solution needed to provide clean breathing air!
Human inflicted air pollution is a nemesis for the planet, upsetting the balance of the ecosystem and contributing largely to the global warming woes. The…
Imagine being able to zip new treads onto your bicycle tires
“You’re used to changing your shoes and jacket to match the location or weather. Why shouldn’t you be able to do the same with your…
DARPA’s wheel switches shapes with terrain!
Designed as a collaborative project between Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center and DARPA researchers, the Reconfigurable Wheel Track, dubbed the RWT, helps vehicles…
A Foldable Wheel that Can’t Puncture
What’s more frustrating, your bicycle tire being stolen or being punctured? I’d have to say they’re pretty much equal. What’s worse is if it’s punctured…
Keep On Running
The Wheel is a dynamic washing machine concept that works like a treadmill and uses human kinetic power. Combining health with purpose is a great…
Three Wheelie Urban Pleasure
The commute of the future is more like a three-wheel thrill ride aptly called ‘Three Wheel Electric Scooter’. The joyride is full of spunk in…
Wheels Of the Cycle Give Me Power…
Power to juice up my gadgets, power to spike up my laptop! The idea behind re:energy concept is this: you ride the cycle and the…
Umbrella Does A Smiling Wheelie!
Do you recollect the two umbrella posts I did a while back? One had a calligraphy tip and the other a wheel so that you…
Bike Thief, Don’t Even think About It Mister
Bike Thieves move on to your next victim, because this bicycle has BROKEN WHEELS! This exact feature is what keeps the bike safe. I love…
Giant Trucks Are No Longer Scary
The noisy, polluting, gas guzzling giants are being tamed to look more demure and sophisticated, and how! The Scania Concept that we see here is…