I don't even know where to start...

There's just so many... things going on here.

Self balancing!?!? Shrugs off collisions?!?! WTF is that thing they're tugging on it with!?!? Joy Division?!?! See for yourself. Lit Motors.

jg

Shut up and take my money!!!

does good job of shrugging off collision in cyber space anyway

Holy crap, that's amazing. Now watch some geek kid knock one up in his moms basement for challenge $$

Bike stays upright, making it easier for the coroner to remove your body which has been well mashed... Otherwise, I find it interesting.

It's an impressive bit of engineering.

I don't think it solves any problems that needed solving*, and makes cornering a single-track vehicle more mechanically complex than it needs to be.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: The guy who runs that company appears to be very good at getting funding to play with stuff. And it's neat stuff! I don't mean that dismissively; I'm jealous.

*Okay, if it allows a single-track vehicle to simply understeer rather than falling over when grip is exceeded, that may be more broadly acceptable than the default behavior. I still think the example of "look, it stays upright in a collision" isn't addressing the important part of the collision problem...

How very....

I don't even know. The prototype they showed in that video looked pretty ugly...though maybe that was just the low video resolution I had. I don't know why they call it a "rolling smartphone," but they also say they're keeping quiet about it.

Interesting.

How well does it wheelie?

Gimballed gyros aside, what powers it?

Dan

More flash than dash in my mind.

Cool stuff? Yeah, but what does it look like going around a bend or swerving back and forth?

The 80-20 aluminium extrusion frame caught my eye as its bolted together. The one weld I did see looked like it was done by someone on his first day of welding.

As to the body: As much as I like metal shapping, this would not seem like the place for it. If ever a project called for composite bodywork, this is it. What is shown is too crudely finished to really impress people, although not bad work for mock-up.

As proof that this guy does not finish anything (pun intended) look at the truck used to try and pull the thing over; looks like an earlier project that never got painted.

If this guy is well funded and gets to do this E36 M3 all day with no accountability, then I am jealous. If he has to face investors and creditors and is personally leveraged on this deal, then I most certainly dont envy him his future.

Double_Wishbone wrote: How very.... I don't even know. The prototype they showed in that video looked pretty ugly...

I thought it looked pretty GRM. My first thought at seeing the prototype was "We've got plenty of people who could fabricate that body."

OK, that's not true....it was my second thought. The first one was, "My God, those are little tires! I would live in fear of potholes..."

I think it's cool but that video poses more questions than it answers.............well, actually it doesn't answer any questions. I like the girl too but she looks a little too happy getting out of it.......maybe because she is getting out of it or maybe something else is going on in there. Still very interesting.

A segway with doors!

ransom wrote: ... I've said it before and I'll say it again: The guy who runs that company appears to be very good at getting funding to play with stuff.

This. It's exemplified through his use of over-the-top business and marketing jargon:

"Our mission is to provide efficient, economical, and ecological transportation solutions to the informed and interconnected global community. We aim to rekindle the excitement of the transportation experience by combining human-centered design with the latest in technology and manufacturing."

And it had better shrug off collisions. How the berkeley are you supposed to see out of the back of it?!

There are no words.

It reminds me of the iBot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLrVDQiL1wk

More words on the C-1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0m-cUxMcJw&feature=related

yeah this was brought up in the sprockets forum recently....I don't want one.

If these gyros are so good at keeping it bolt upright how does it lean to turn?

914Driver wrote: Gimballed gyros aside, what powers it? Dan

Batteries, for 200+ miles per charge!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think it would make a great little commuter

Adrian_Thompson wrote: ...watch some geek kid knock one up in his moms basement...

That just sounds wrong somehow.

I have a feeling that the liabilities of gyro failure (amoung other things) will keep them off the roads in the USA.

Yeah other than the "it doesn't fall over", it really doesn't address anything. The big deal is getting it to lean in a predictable manner, which will really screw with your head, because your brain expects a certain amount of lean for a given lateral acceleration...

No, I take that back... the big deal, as was pointed out, is the consequences of having a gyro/flywheel fail and the ensuing lawsuit. If a car fails it coasts the the side of the road. If this fails it tips over. I wonder if the steering is manual or whether it's steer-by-wire... gosh, I hope not.

Nice model though