john_childs
August 1st 07, 11:31 AM
Saw this on Engadget
'Teen engineers create eco-minded electric unicycle'
(http://tinyurl.com/29yyts)
The engadget folks don't seem to know the difference between a unicycle
and a dicycle. ;)
Following the sources back eventually takes you to a story at canoe.ca
published on May 22. The canoe article never uses the word "unicycle"
or "dicycle".
Canoe Technology: 'Teen scientists rev their motors'
(http://tinyurl.com/24zxgu)
> ...
>
> The Tango is designed with two side-by-side wheels and an R6 Yamaha
> frame with hand machined parts that the motorcycle body is made of.
>
> As far as what it’s made of on the inside, it too has electronic
> technology used in everyday appliances like the Nintendo Wii uses to
> detect angle and motions said Gulak.
>
> “Accelerometers,” he said. “That’s what gives the relative position of
> the bike relative to the ground so the driver leans forward and gives
> it angle and the speed at which he’s leaning forward. And that’s what
> we use to control the wheels.”
>
> As the rider leans over the gas tank like on a sports bike the Tango
> still distributes the majority of the weight along the wheels. As
> you’re turning you depend on your weight as you lean to one side and to
> the other side, which is automatically detected by the system the
> wheels have in place.
>
> “The wheels have got an actuating system so if you lean to your right
> one wheel will rise up and the whole bike will tilt over to that side,”
> Gulak said. “So you still experience high g turns like on a regular
> bike.”
>
> The Tango can reach top speeds of 40 miles per hour and Morrow claims
> it is more practical than the Segway or the embryo from Bombardier.
>
> ...
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'Teen engineers create eco-minded electric unicycle'
(http://tinyurl.com/29yyts)
The engadget folks don't seem to know the difference between a unicycle
and a dicycle. ;)
Following the sources back eventually takes you to a story at canoe.ca
published on May 22. The canoe article never uses the word "unicycle"
or "dicycle".
Canoe Technology: 'Teen scientists rev their motors'
(http://tinyurl.com/24zxgu)
> ...
>
> The Tango is designed with two side-by-side wheels and an R6 Yamaha
> frame with hand machined parts that the motorcycle body is made of.
>
> As far as what it’s made of on the inside, it too has electronic
> technology used in everyday appliances like the Nintendo Wii uses to
> detect angle and motions said Gulak.
>
> “Accelerometers,” he said. “That’s what gives the relative position of
> the bike relative to the ground so the driver leans forward and gives
> it angle and the speed at which he’s leaning forward. And that’s what
> we use to control the wheels.”
>
> As the rider leans over the gas tank like on a sports bike the Tango
> still distributes the majority of the weight along the wheels. As
> you’re turning you depend on your weight as you lean to one side and to
> the other side, which is automatically detected by the system the
> wheels have in place.
>
> “The wheels have got an actuating system so if you lean to your right
> one wheel will rise up and the whole bike will tilt over to that side,”
> Gulak said. “So you still experience high g turns like on a regular
> bike.”
>
> The Tango can reach top speeds of 40 miles per hour and Morrow claims
> it is more practical than the Segway or the embryo from Bombardier.
>
> ...
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