Transformable smart tire with concealed spikes is tailored for safe, all-season driving
The number of black ice-induced accidents has significantly spiked in the last five years owing to the perils of climate change. Rapid urbanization has also…
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Hankook reveals omnidirectional tire in line with luxurious level 5 autonomy of future vehicles
While the vehicles we ride have had mechanical and technological leaps in the last century or so, the good old tire that they ride on…
Bike tires that last a lifetime without any puncture or degradation are inspired by NASA’s rover technology
Just when you thought tubeless bike tires are the best thing on the road for your bicycle, the next revolution has arrived. The very technology…
The Dandelion is an all-terrain tire concept that has 72 legs instead of an air-filled tube
If you think of it, your legs are the perfect transportation medium. Aside from the fact that they run on your energy, your legs can…
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…
If Norman Keith Collins was into BMX…
Bicycle tire tracks come in all shapes and sizes but none quite like the Sailor. This all-new BMX tire concept takes nautical inspiration and applies…
NASA reinvented the Wheel!
The year is 2017 and NASA have just reinvented the wheel. Glenn Research engineers have just unveiled a new super-elastic tire constructed from nickel titanium,…
The Tire that never gets tired
Here’s an interesting thought. The tire as we know gets a complete makeover with the Green Hive. What the Green Hive does is splits the…
Under Pressure
The clever thing about the PASCA Tire Gauge is that it’s handy enough to loop into your car key ring. The gauge is easy to…
Colored Tiers Are Safer
The Discolor Tyre is a concept where the age and durability of the car tire is indicated and communicated through its color. Basically a tire…