<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1d1b977c-cf09-49d1-a8ef-9f29a6c8faa7/8665BE4F-1E10-42E9-A3AF-75AF7B2FDC9F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2181" href="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2181" style="font-size: 11px;">www.technovelgy.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2181"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Dynamic Augmented Wheel System Eight-Part Wheel</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2181"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.technovelgy.com/img/A8A8F42D-EB3C-4FF6-888E-EFB763160C9C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2181"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The <B>Dynamic Augmented Wheel System eight-part wheel</B> is actually a working prototype of an interesting idea; that a car can take a turn better if the wheels lean in segments. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2181"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">However, I'm still liking this prototype because it reminds me of the cool (and as yet unattainable) smartwheels from Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel <I>Snow Crash</I>. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2181"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Smartwheels use sonar, laser range finding and millimeter wave radar to identify mufflers and other debris. Each one consists of a hub with many tiny spokes. Each spoke telescopes into five sections. On the end is a squat foot, rubber tread on the bottom, swiveling on a ball joint. As the wheel rolls, the feet plant themselves one at a time, almost glomming into one continuous tire. If you surf over a bump, the spokes contract to roll over it. If you surf over a pothole, the rubber prongs probe its asphalt depths. (Read more about <A href="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=117" linkindex="6">smartwheels</A>) </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2181"> <A target="_blank" href="http://jalopnik.com/5167545/dynamically-augmenting-wheel-system-neat+looking-but-terrible-idea" linkindex="7">Jalopnik</A> and <A target="_blank" href="http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/03/10/split-your-wheel-into-eight/" linkindex="8">Yanko</A>; thanks to Zac Hunter for pointing this one out</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8665BE4F-1E10-42E9-A3AF-75AF7B2FDC9F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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