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[Perfectos]

What happens when it drops the chain at speed

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Love a bit of Heath Robinson

 

[Perfectos]

Love a bit of Heath Robinson

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Now that I like

very Wacky Racers

 

[Amarillo]

Is it British? It's this kind of thinking that made the country great. Some-one has gone to a lot of trouble to produce this and demonstrae that it works. Then what?

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How does this work!? Crazy half-wheeled bike concept goes viral

A whole new take on “half-wheeling”, check out this radical new creation that’s taking YouTube by storm

road.cc

 

[Calimili]

Engineering challenge?

The biggest downside is that you can't do wheelies.

 

[Ch1pbutty]

The biggest downside is that you can't do wheelies.

But a free haircut if the chain jams and you go over the bars!

 

[Calimili]

But a free haircut if the chain jams and you go over the bars!

They should combine the two designs, two rear half wheels and loan mower on the front.

 

[Ch1pbutty]

How One Ukrainian Refugee Is Using Surfing to Help Fleeing Families Escape Horrors of War - Magicseaweed

"Surfing is all we have." - Magicseaweed

magicseaweed.com

 

[WelshGas]

The Future, or maybe not.


Driverless taxis take a wrong turn as fleet stalls in unison at same spot to block traffic

Cruise robotaxis in San Francisco come to a sudden stop at the same junction halting traffic for around two hours
A SWARM of driverless taxis held up traffic for hours at a junction after one of the first public trials of the technology went wrong.
More than a dozen autonomous vehicles operated by driverless car company Cruise in San Francisco came to a halt for around two hours last week before employees made it to the scene.
The company has not said what caused multiple cars to stop last Wed-nesday or why they suffered the fault at the same place.
Several were stationary at the entrance to a crossroad junction, while others stopped at the exit.
Cruise, backed by General Motors, started charging passengers for driverless taxi rides in San Francisco last week. It is one of the first real-world robot taxi services in a major city.
Vehicles do not have a safety driver in the front seat.
Under the company’s licence, it may only operate the taxis between 10pm and 6am and the cars are restricted to particular streets.
Cruise, which has been developingself-driving technology since it was founded in 2013, had been offering free rides to the public for several months before launching the paid service.
“We had an issue that caused some of our vehicles to cluster together,” Cruise said. “While it was resolved and no passengers were impacted, we apologise to anyone who was inconvenienced.”

 

[WelshGas]

Maybe they were all meeting to form a Union?

 

[Amarillo]

 

[Amarillo]

The cat stays!

 

[Ch1pbutty]

 

[Ch1pbutty]

 

[WelshGas]

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Probably more trustworthy than the present bunch.

 

[Velma's Dad]

 

[Velma's Dad]

 

[Velma's Dad]

The Future, or maybe not.


Driverless taxis take a wrong turn as fleet stalls in unison at same spot to block traffic

View attachment 95479Cruise robotaxis in San Francisco come to a sudden stop at the same junction halting traffic for around two hours
A SWARM of driverless taxis held up traffic for hours at a junction after one of the first public trials of the technology went wrong.
More than a dozen autonomous vehicles operated by driverless car company Cruise in San Francisco came to a halt for around two hours last week before employees made it to the scene.
The company has not said what caused multiple cars to stop last Wed-nesday or why they suffered the fault at the same place.
Several were stationary at the entrance to a crossroad junction, while others stopped at the exit.
Cruise, backed by General Motors, started charging passengers for driverless taxi rides in San Francisco last week. It is one of the first real-world robot taxi services in a major city.
Vehicles do not have a safety driver in the front seat.
Under the company’s licence, it may only operate the taxis between 10pm and 6am and the cars are restricted to particular streets.
Cruise, which has been developingself-driving technology since it was founded in 2013, had been offering free rides to the public for several months before launching the paid service.
“We had an issue that caused some of our vehicles to cluster together,” Cruise said. “While it was resolved and no passengers were impacted, we apologise to anyone who was inconvenienced.”

In 1888 Bertha Benz, the business partner and wife of Carl B, made the world's first long distance (108km) journey in a motorised vehicle. It broke down numerous times along the way and they had to get out and push the car more than once. Of course, this demonstrated the fundamental unreliability of the internal combustion engine and explains why the technology was never taken into wide use.

Just sayin.

 

[Ting Tong]

 

[Amarillo]

Jonathan Pie

Bye ,Bye Boris | Bye Bye Boris! JonathanPie.com | By Jonathan Pie | Facebook

Bye Bye Boris! JonathanPie.com

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[SusiBus]

Jonathan Pie

Bye ,Bye Boris | Bye Bye Boris! JonathanPie.com | By Jonathan Pie | Facebook

Bye Bye Boris! JonathanPie.com

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Brilliant, thanks for the link.

 

[Velma's Dad]

Brilliant, thanks for the link.

I love the Economist's (print version) front page today.

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Heatwave latest

 

[Ch1pbutty]

 

[Louis II]

More here:

How does this work!? Crazy half-wheeled bike concept goes viral

A whole new take on “half-wheeling”, check out this radical new creation that’s taking YouTube by storm

road.cc

Poorly thought through…… if he’d really put his mind to it I think it should be possible with just 1.5 wheels in total and able to go up kerbs as well as down