Reinventing the Wheel (and the Tire, Too)
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Michelin engineers are developing the "Tweel," a combined tire and wheel that could never go flat because it contains no air.
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Driving a race car takes more than good hand-eye coordination and the stomach for G-forces. It also takes a truckload of high-tech gear.
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From the sleek Tesla Roadster to the stackable CityCar, the automobile of the future comes in a wide variety of styles and incorporates an array of forward-thinking technological advances.
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A new website provides an innovative tool that expands and contracts images while minimizing  distortion.
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When I moved to this pedestrian-friendly city with plentiful public transit and pricey parking, I said goodbye to auto repair bills, insurance premiums and gas pumps. Recently divorced, without kids to ferry around, I realized my dream of living car-free. But I still need wheels for the occasional errand or day trip.
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An airless tire, cars that warn drivers they're drifting out of their lane and built-in air fresheners are among new technologies being unveiled at the Paris International Motor Show, offering a glimpse of the automobile's future.
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Big cities are turning to new technologies and theories to try to relieve an old problem: traffic congestion
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Scientists are using a giant computer-controlled pavement to help re-design the pedestrian environment.
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Recretational vehicles, once considered the domain of older couples hitting the road in retirement, are attracting new interest among baby boomers.
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Deconstructing a pretty good joke, and the investment lesson held within.
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Legs or wheels? Entertaining or functional? The robot world has a lot of questions to resolve.
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It's time for radical robomediation. Let's hand the service industry to automatons rather than transforming humans into reluctant machines. Commentary by Momus.
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The lame wheel on the NASA Mars rover Spirit has proven an invaluable science tool, turning up evidence of a once habitable environment, scientists said Monday.
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A cadre of unknown designers shapes everyday human-machine interactions. By Andrew Blum from Wired magazine.
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A military project aimed at building smarter robots has given researchers the wheels they need to make their automatons go.
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By Andrea Weigl, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb.
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Small additions can lead to big changes.