The Snook.
(http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/audi-snook-front.jpg)
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080416/audi-snook/
:lulz:
Wow. I can't tell if I want one or not.
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Hell yes! Gimme!
my dreams of becoming gizmoduck are one step closer to fruition.
QuoteYou may look at the Snook and think "that's impossible" or "there's no way that could stand" or "I'm not driving that". However, I believe we were all thinking the same things when the Segway was revealed.
OH SNAP
QuoteThe Snook achieves its one-wheel balance with "agility through instability, controlled by artificial intelligence"
This is becoming quite a popular concept I think. It doesn't take AI to do it, though.
The EuroFighter is built along this principle:
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The fighter achieves high agility at both supersonic and low speeds by having a relaxed stability design. It has a quadruplex digital fly-by-wire control system providing artificial stability, as manual operation alone could not compensate for the inherent instability. The fly-by-wire system is described as "carefree" by preventing the pilot from exceeding the permitted manoeuvre envelope.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter#Airframe_and_avionics
Which I find interesting in itself.
Drunken boxing on a larger scale.
Quote from: Richter on April 17, 2008, 11:12:31 PM
Drunken boxing except in traffic, on a one wheeled car.
More like it.
Truf. I'd hate to road test in one of those.
All the tedium of a mornign commute with all the fun of a demolition derby.
Actually...
If everyone had a vehicle that could go in any direction, would there ever be traffic jams?