luisam Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Goodyear turns the wheel into a sphere t’s an old cliché, but someone has finally reinvented the wheel. Goodyear has designed a spherical tire that suggests its engineering department has hired BB-8 from Star Wars. Related Image Expand / Contract (Goodyear) The Eagle 360s are equipped with an internal structure that magnetically levitates an electric vehicle above them, which eliminates the need for a mechanically-connected drivetrain or suspension and allows it move in any direction. Developed with autonomous cars in mind, embedded sensors constantly monitor the condition of the tires and the road surface and send this information to both the vehicle and others around it. The tires are also made from an absorbent rubber that naturally stiffens in dry conditions and softens up in the wet to optimize grip. Related Image Expand / Contract (Goodyear) Of course, they’re only a concept at this time, and flying cars, even of the levitating type, probably won’t be gliding into showrooms anytime soon. However, Goodyear has also incorporated much of the sensing technology from the Eagle 360s into a conventionally-shaped tire called the IntelliGrip that is intended to give driverless cars get a better feel for the road. SOURCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 problem i see with self driving cars (and eventually being illegal to drive "by hand") is that the car doesn't care about circumstances, if you have an emergency or you're late for work or you want to go slowly to look at something that catches your interest ...ahem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boshnaq Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 5 hours ago, VileTouch said: problem i see with self driving cars (and eventually being illegal to drive "by hand") is that the car doesn't care about circumstances, if you have an emergency or you're late for work or you want to go slowly to look at something that catches your interest ...ahem That PS4 is going to get ruined in the rain !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 2 minutes ago, Boshnaq said: That PS4 is going to get ruined in the rain !!!! if you were on a self driving car, you wouldn't have time to offer her a ride ....to save the PS4, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 http://www.michelinman.com/US/en/tires/all.html#!filter/season:allseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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