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    Honeycomb Tires Take a Lick, Just Don't Actually Lick Them

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    Image of marcsiry 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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    11/17/08

    In reply to Honeycomb Tires Take a Lick, Just Don't Actually Lick Them
    Soon to be standard on the H6.


    (If GM lasts that long.)

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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    11/17/08

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

    In reply to Honeycomb Tires Take a Lick, Just Don't Actually Lick Them
    As long as they don't explode...
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/17/08

    In reply to Honeycomb Tires Take a Lick, Just Don't Actually Lick Them
    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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    Image of S3r1al-Gam3r S3r1al-Gam3r
    11/17/08

    In reply to Honeycomb Tires Take a Lick, Just Don't Actually Lick Them
    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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    Image of thebigcheese 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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    Image of Kaiser-Machead 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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    Image of yungjerry703 yungjerry703
    11/17/08

    In reply to Honeycomb Tires Take a Lick, Just Don't Actually Lick Them
    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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    Image of Dragonis 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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    Image of tande04 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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    Image of Kaiser-Machead 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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    Image of yungjerry703 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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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    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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    Image of Kaiser-Machead 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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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/17/08

    In reply to Honeycomb Tires Take a Lick, Just Don't Actually Lick Them

    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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    Image of thebigcheese thebigcheese
    11/17/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: And what's "rife fire"?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead 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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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    11/04/08

    In reply to Hummer Tank: Right In Time for Winter/Economic Crisis
    Does it still have CTI? Central Tread Inflation? But yeah, ever since GM had to buy the Hummer name b/c AMGeneral refused to let them use it on their H2(for good reason), they suck. Give me a original Hummer w/6 doors, and that engine you could pour any fuel in and it would run.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/04/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: Yeah, I really cannot fault anyone who owns a REAL Hummer. The H2 is nothing more than a gaudy Yukon.


    I don't care what gas mileage your SUV gets, if it's a real SUV and you use it as a real SUV. I was upset when they discontinued the original Hummer.

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    11/04/08

    In reply to Hummer Tank: Right In Time for Winter/Economic Crisis
    Am I the only one amused that the tracked vehicle still has a standard round tire attached to the rear of it?
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    11/04/08

    In reply to Hummer Tank: Right In Time for Winter/Economic Crisis
    This will work great when Damnation Alley comes to pass.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/04/08

    In reply to Hummer Tank: Right In Time for Winter/Economic Crisis
    The original Humvee would have much more appeal with a setup like this. The H2 is a worthless Tonka toy (saying so at the amusing risk of offending an H2 driver).
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    11/04/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: I thought it was more like an expedition.
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    11/04/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: Don't worry about the owners of H2's. They'll never actually do any harm to anyone, they just talk a big game. Hummin' through the paved wilderness that is NYC doesn't really prepare them for contact with a quick wit and some brainz.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/04/08

    @qbrad: But then there's the even less prepared Hummerius Spinnerzicus, which can look foolish accidentally scratching their expensive spinnerz on a curb.
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    11/04/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: Or the tow truck that appears when they park blocking a hydrant after scratching their 28's.
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    Image of Stang70Fastback Stang70Fastback
    11/04/08

    In reply to Hummer Tank: Right In Time for Winter/Economic Crisis
    Haven't these been around for a while? I remember seeing them on like an F-250 or something in a video a while back?
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    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    11/04/08

    @Stang70Fastback: Here ya go!

    No applause; just throw money.
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