Clever Wheel Design Allows Vehicles To Move In Every Direction — Without Steering

[LiberalArkie]

[immoderate]

1. On the bias!

Goodbye Joe, we gotta go...

--imm

[FailureToCommunicate]

2. Look at those Michael Jackson moves! Hope this can be adapted for wheelchairs (powerchairs)

[LiberalArkie]

4. That is the model I deserve. :>

[Kip Humphrey]

5. what a great advance that would be!

edited to add:

I would support a crowd-funded effort.

[valerief]

3. I LOVE these wheels!!! nt

[Plucketeer]

7. The wheels are the trick!

And while they are a fantastic invention, the integral pieces of the wheels are nothing special.

[BlueJazz]

6. Wouldn't work for cars or trucks but great for most other things.

[DRoseDARs]

12. Might want to rethink the notion this wouldn't work...

One of many already-existing applications:

[BlueJazz]

14. Good video. I was thinking in terms of high speed on wet roads and such....but..who knows?

[Old Crow]

15. Wow. Looks like those wheels are here to stay.

If I could just have that mobility available when I have to parallel park in my Toyota. C'mon, engineers: That's your next challenge.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. Ezekiel's "wheel within a wheel".

[navarth]

9. super cool.

[Xipe Totec]

10. Good for parking in tight spots!

[sorechasm]

16. Would save a tremendous amount of parking lot space. I can see the future of parking lots packed

like sardines, by use of automated valets: We drive our car to the edge of a parking lot, get out, and let the GPS system guide those wheels within wheels to pack twice the number of cars wiithin the same parking lot size.

(Of course, we'd save a tremendous amount more land by taking the bus.)

[Xipe Totec]

17. We could valet park like this

[gregcrawford]

11. I WANT me one a them there babies! n/t

[Delver Rootnose]

13. I'm bet the military will ...

...slap a top secret on it and mount a gun on it.

[Ruby the Liberal]

18. That looks like driving on black ice

Terrifying, actually.

Must be a guy thing.