After all sorts of three wheeled motorcycles (e.g., the T-Rex and the PIAGGIO MP3), how about a one-wheeler? The Bombardier EMBRIO is a concept one-wheeled hydrogen fuel cell-powered, gyroscopically balanced recreational and commuting vehicle for one or more passengers. The EMBRIO takes the Segway a step further toward its designers' vision of human transportation in the year 2025. The design team at the Canadian company Bombardier chose very light materials for the EMBRIO, including aluminum, magnesium, and nylon, resulting in a total weight of merely 360 lbs. (163 kg). The EMBRIO will use a number of advanced automotive technologies, such as infrared night vision, a digitally encoded key, and active suspension, which can vary its damping rates based on road conditions. Balance is achieved via a network of sensors and gyroscopes.
How could you feel the excitment of driving through a narrow bend on one wheel?? My imagination comes to an end here....I really hope that this will be a plan only and that it will never become reality. But if it will become reality in 2025...well, that is the year when I am expecting to be near my pension, so it won't really bother me then anymore I guess ;-)
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