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Ioman
10-11-2004, 08:32 AM
I want one!

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/generaltech/article/0,20967,710982,00.html

ECA
10-11-2004, 08:21 PM
http://motorcyclecity.com/Concept/EMBRIO/
http://www.brp.com/en-CA/Media.Center/Press.Releases/2003/1/2003.07.09.htm
http://motorcyclecity.com/Concept/EMBRIO/Bombardier_EMBRIO_Concept.jpg

llbbl
10-12-2004, 07:11 AM
The idea of a machine that rides on four wheels or reconfigures itself to float on two had, unsurprisingly, been bouncing around the lab since the HT. By building on the HT platform, the team recognized, they could create an extremely maneuverable, speedier ATV-like vehicle that could pick up its wheels to climb over obstacles. Eventually the engineering brain trust strapped a plywood model to an HT power base and rigged it with a broom that could be pushed down, like a lever, to lift the front wheels off the floor. A video reminiscent of the Little Rascals is evidence of initial success; in its maiden voyage, the tilt sensors and gyroscopes in the base do their job, and the first prototype pops a well-balanced wheelie.


So its convertable between two and four wheels...

Thing you found looks more dangerous ECA . like a unicycle . eheh

llbbl
10-12-2004, 07:20 AM
Cheaper and more pratical ...

http://www.egovehicles.com/home/index.cfm