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marcsiry
11/17/08

In reply to Honeycomb Tires Take a Lick, Just Don't Actually Lick Them
The next step is to build the honeycomb segments out of electronically controllable materials like electroactive polymers, and tie the tire's shape to a contour scan of the road ahead. The tire could conform to bumps and irregularities in the road, requiring less damping from the vehicle's suspension for a smooth ride.

I ripped that off from the adaptive wheels in Snow Crash, which is a book much of the entire future is ripped off of.
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trek1394
11/17/08

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Soon to be standard on the H6.

(If GM lasts that long.)
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Con Seannery
11/17/08

@trek1394: The GM/Ford/Chrysler conglomerate will crank them out once they merge.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/17/08

@Con Seannery: Nah according to Shadowrun. Ford is still an independent company in the future. Chrysler will be merging with Nissan. GM is bought by another company outright.
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OMG! Ponies!
11/17/08

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As long as they don't explode...
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Curves
11/17/08

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These are cool and I thnk we are looking at the future of tires. Do they come in pimped out white wall?
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S3r1al-Gam3r
11/17/08

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I need a set for my 4x4, its OFF ROAD time! But really those are cool. However, those honeycombs will probably amoplify any noise ;( So you will need a really good sound system to hide the noise.
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thebigcheese
11/17/08

@S3r1al-Gam3r: I bet if you just enclosed the sides to make it look like a normal tire, you could silence a lot of the noise. I don't see any particularly compelling reason why it needs to have open sides.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/17/08

@thebigcheese: I don't know much about this stuff, but maybe it's so that, because of the cost of the honeycomb structure, it would be easier, and cheaper, to keep the honeycomb and just fit new treading. Is this a viable solution?
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yungjerry703
11/17/08

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i need some of those so i can drive over curbs and medians with you having to worry about blowing tires out. i wonder if they are still really loud like the prototypes that came out a few years ago?
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Dragonis
11/17/08

@yungjerry703:

You could always not drive over curbs and medians. I find that helps quite a bit.
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tande04
11/17/08

@yungjerry703: From personal experiance I've found that blowing out the tire isn't as much of a concern as throwing things out of alingnment, which I wouldn't think would change.

What would make them loud? Does the air in the tire dampen some of the noise?
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Kaiser-Machead
11/17/08

@tande04: If it's an open-faced honeycomb, I can only assume that the air churned by the structure would cause considerable noise at speed. If the final product is fitted with a full tire wall, I don't see why there would be any difference in noise from a regular tire of identical treading.
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yungjerry703
11/17/08

@Dragonis: where is the fun in that?

@tande04: Its an ex police chevy, they are pretty much built to pound curbs.

@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: I don't know what makes them loud but michelin claimed the major set back with pneumatic-less tires where loud noises at high loads and high speeds.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
11/17/08

@yungjerry703: So does it have a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks? Is it a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas?
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Kaiser-Machead
11/17/08

@yungjerry703: Could it be that the honeycomb material makes noises as it warps under the pressure? That, coupled with the high speed, could be part of the issue.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/17/08

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The tires are expected to teach the military by 2011 when they're promised to carry comparable costs to current models.

And you insult their artificial intelligence by running them over all day? For shame.
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thebigcheese
11/17/08

@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: And what's "rife fire"?
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Kaiser-Machead
11/17/08

@thebigcheese: rife: prevalent especially to an increasing degree

Increasing fire? Could go either way I suppose :P
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