Saw this on Engadget
Teen engineers create eco-minded electric unicycle
Following the sources back eventually takes you to a story at canoe.ca published on May 22. The canoe article never uses the word “unicycle” or “dicycle”.Teen scientists rev their motors
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The Tango is designed with two side-by-side wheels and an R6 Yamaha frame with hand machined parts that the motorcycle body is made of.
As far as what it’s made of on the inside, it too has electronic technology used in everyday appliances like the Nintendo Wii uses to detect angle and motions said Gulak.
“Accelerometers,” he said. “That’s what gives the relative position of the bike relative to the ground so the driver leans forward and gives it angle and the speed at which he’s leaning forward. And that’s what we use to control the wheels.”
As the rider leans over the gas tank like on a sports bike the Tango still distributes the majority of the weight along the wheels. As you’re turning you depend on your weight as you lean to one side and to the other side, which is automatically detected by the system the wheels have in place.
“The wheels have got an actuating system so if you lean to your right one wheel will rise up and the whole bike will tilt over to that side,” Gulak said. “So you still experience high g turns like on a regular bike.”
The Tango can reach top speeds of 40 miles per hour and Morrow claims it is more practical than the Segway or the embryo from Bombardier.
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Wow i want one. I wish I was that smart/rich.
Wow!! A Segway that you could actually kill yourself on!!
Wow! The third thread about this in an hour
Exactly what i was thinking.
The problem with one wheeled vehicles is stopping FAST…your face gets slammed into the ground at 40mph. This is cool but a no go.
We need star trek technology (anti gravity) for this to work.
This thread was the first of the three. I win!
Save the Earth, Ride a Unicycle
Not quite a uni…
DOH!!! :’(
At least this thing is real, as opposed to the Embryo by Bombardier, which I think is only in mockup… I’ll take one of these though, I’ll just wear a lot of armor and a full face helmet
Well its the last one I saw:D
