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January 17, 2013 - Bombardier Embrio
Introducing the Bombadier Embrio, the motor bike of the future!
It uses gyroscopic technology to balance itself and the rider on one wheel. The smaller front wheel acts as stability control when the Embrio is stopped or traveling below 12mph.
It will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells and we might see it in year 2025.
Discovered at High Tech
CaliforniaMama Thursday Jan 17 01:01 PM
It looks cool and futuristic and all that, but how does it steer? Or brake? Unicycles have control through their pedals, but I don't even see where to put my feet on this thing.
CaliforniaMama Thursday Jan 17 01:09 PM
Here we go. I should have looked before posting.
From Diseno-art.com we get more info about how this thing works.
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Bombadier drew on its experience with recreational vehicles when it came to design of the Embrio and it is intended for people who enjoy transport, this is evident in the styling and the necessity to lean into turns similar in a similar manner to a motorcyle rider. The Bombadier Embrio is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell emitting only water as a by product driving an electric motor powering the main wheel. Control of the Embrio is facilitated by a trigger control on the left handlebar for acceleration, and a trigger on the right for braking. |
CaliforniaMama Thursday Jan 17 01:17 PM
I found more info on GizMag.
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Balancing Act The riding position will be similar to a motorcycle with a complex series of sensors and gyroscopes balancing passengers on the single wheel. The rider activates a trigger on the left handlebar to accelerate and turns are made by shifting body-weight rather than actually steering. When the EMBRIO concept is at rest in "stand-by configuration", the front wheels deploy to the ground like landing gear on a plane to increase longitudinal stability. The landing gear retracts when the vehicle speed reaches 20 km/h but even without the landing gear, the EMBRIO would be stable when motionless because of the gyroscope. The EMBRIO concept's main power source is a hydrogen fuel cell and additional advanced technologies including a high-performance braking system, active suspension, night vision, a digitally encoded key and robotic assistance would be incorporated into the design. |
Gravdigr Thursday Jan 17 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by CaliforniaMama
...but how does it steer? Or brake?...
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And it'll never see real world sales...for the same reason you can't buy a unicycle at Walmart.
Liability.
Sundae Thursday Jan 17 03:28 PM
Want one.
Something like this is described in Against A Dark Background. Sharrow looks sexy on hers, but she'd look sexy with a pig's nose and a cucumber sticking out of her cooch.
Gravdigr Thursday Jan 17 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Sundae
...but she'd look sexy with a pig's nose and a cucumber sticking out of her cooch.
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Sundae Thursday Jan 17 03:39 PM
Bombadier always reminds me of the poem Timothy Winters.
It's Scottish and I know it my heart, but I did look it up to be sure I had the words in the right places.
This is the verse I mean.
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Old Man Winters likes his beer And his missus ran off with a bombardier, Grandma sits in the grate with a gin And Timothy's dosed with an aspirin. |
Gosh, how I'd bore him
jimhelm Thursday Jan 17 04:00 PM
http://www.facebook.com/tim.winters.146?ref=ts&fref=ts
I give you Tim Winters
Sundae Thursday Jan 17 04:04 PM
You really love me, don't you?
jimhelm Thursday Jan 17 05:23 PM
Indubitably
BigV Thursday Jan 17 05:52 PM
Ryno bike. It's real. And cool. And real cool.
The full story:
ZenGum Thursday Jan 17 06:56 PM
Someone finally invented something more impractical than the segway. Huzzah!
richlevy Thursday Jan 17 07:05 PM
Didn't Bombardier make some of the passenger rail cars for SEPTA (our local transit authority in Philadelphia region)?
Trilby Friday Jan 18 05:17 AM
you can't get a week's worth of groceries with that thing! you can't even pick up your sick kid from school!
stupid.
glatt Friday Jan 18 08:35 AM
footfootfoot Friday Jan 18 10:17 AM
Am I the only one who thought of this?
newtimer Friday Jan 18 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Trilby
you can't even pick up your sick kid from school!
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BigV Friday Jan 18 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Trilby
you can't get a week's worth of groceries with that thing! you can't even pick up your sick kid from school!
stupid. |
I don't think they're stupid at all. I think glatt's pic is funny (and prescient) and footfootfoot's pic is just prescient. It's awesome.
xoxoxoBruce Friday Jan 18 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by BigV
It's a city ride, a city commuter for an individual, kind of like a bicycle.
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| There are lots of bike commuters and more coming. |
BigV Friday Jan 18 02:34 PM
like a bicycle used for commuting by an individual, as opposed to a vehicle with more general purpose capabilities. the motor don't factor into it. in Seattle, and likely most other places, the bicycles are subject to the rules for vehicles. on the road not the sidewalk, stopping at lights, rights of way, speed limits (ha), etc. I'm just pointing out how this one might be used most likely. Like a bike commuter uses his bike.
xoxoxoBruce Friday Jan 18 02:47 PM
OK, but no bike lanes, special parking, or any of the other special privileges afforded bicycles in cities.
BigV Friday Jan 18 02:53 PM
Ok.
You're gonna share the lane behind the bike that tops out at 15mph?
and you're gonna circle the block until the bicycle moves out of that 18 foot metered parking space?
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I don't get the car drivers' hostility to bicycle commuters. I DO get the hostility to traffic scofflaws regardless of the number of wheels, I do. And bikers can be supreme assholes about it. If I was a car driver, I'd be happy to get more people on bikes because that frees up a lot more road space by virtue of the car that's not there.
Being a dick in traffic is not cool--period.
xoxoxoBruce Friday Jan 18 02:58 PM
It doesn't free up any space, because not knowing what the hell they'll do next, I have to give them so much room. I don't want to run over them and scratch my paint or put up with the smell of blood on my hot exhaust pipes. that's yucky.
richlevy Sunday Jan 20 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BigV
like a bicycle used for commuting by an individual, as opposed to a vehicle with more general purpose capabilities. the motor don't factor into it. in Seattle, and likely most other places, the bicycles are subject to the rules for vehicles. on the road not the sidewalk, stopping at lights, rights of way, speed limits (ha), etc. I'm just pointing out how this one might be used most likely. Like a bike commuter uses his bike.
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footfootfoot Sunday Jan 20 02:51 PM
I've been pulled over by cops while I was on my bicycle. It's a good idea not to run form the cops, because everybody knows if the police have to come and get you, they're bringing an ass-kicking with them.
SPUCK Monday Jan 21 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by newtimer
Look again at that dude riding his unicycle. Look again at the retractable training wheels. Think he's going to score? Ever?
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Trilby Monday Jan 21 08:04 AM
foot that was hilarious.
(and good tips, too~!)
Gravdigr Monday Jan 21 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by glatt
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