Bicycle Riding on Square Wheels

Posted by Hemos on Monday April 5, 2004 @05:16AM from the larnin'-more dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Before starting our long working week, let's relax with this story of a bicycle with square wheels. No, it's not a joke. And it even rides smoothly. But there is a trick: the road must have a specific shape. The Math Trek section of Science News Online tells us more about this strange bicycle -- actually a tricycle with two front wheels and one back wheel. Read this overview for some excerpts and a picture of the tricycle, or the original article for an additional animation."

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Smooth ride by gid13 · 2004-04-05 05:16 · Score: 2, Troll

I'll bet it stays smooth on turns. :P
That's pretty cool... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-05 05:22 · Score: 0, Troll

...but does it run Linux?
Slashdot is old by j_sp_r · 2004-04-05 05:23 · Score: 0, Troll

Orginally posted in '98 only updated in 2004. Isn't that a little bit old news? But you get used to that on slashdot :-). It's a cool concept but most people could find that out, you don't need to finish univerity for that I hope.