Reinventing the Wheel

bob zee sent in this link about reinventing the wheel, err, tweel, err, whatever. Wheels are an interesting challenge in engineering design: they need to be hard to be durable, soft for a smooth ride, grippy to grab the road, but smooth to reduce rolling resistance, flexible to absorb shocks, yet stiff to reduce heat build-up, and so on. Rubber tires are a relatively recent invention.

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Re:I'm interested in searching more about this but

[Truth_Quark]

that should have a colon: http://www.google.com.au/

Re:Lantern law

[thhamm]

uh. and i thought in arkansas, the lantern waves your wife! er. whatever. :P