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The Noah personal riding wheel is bringing the unicycle back in style
At first glance, Andrei França Noah high performance vehicle may fool you into thinking it's a unicycle, but look close: it's got two tires, mounted in tandem. The Noah is designed to use the human driver as the control device, using how you lean forward, back or side to side to determine acceleration, braking and turning (think: Segway), without the need for pedals or buttons. The two tires act as stabilizers through turns as they can shift up and down against one another and give you more control. If they spun independently, you could even twirl in place.
Andrei França is a designer from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and the Noah won second place in the Plascar Automotive Design Contest 2007.
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Coroflot, via The Design Blog
By Robtark at 2:51 PM ON 06/25/08
wow.-thats cool.i have been riding sport bikes for 25 years.i think im ready for a noah?!please e mail me let me know when i can pick one up.
By Ten-High Charlie at 4:02 PM ON 06/25/08
For a second there I got a flashback to "IT" from South Park.
By YanivC at 4:40 PM ON 06/25/08
I was soooooooo looking forward to visiting this site when I first read about it. A website dedicated to gadgets and devices! perfect!
I must say though, the layout is bland, the articles always have errors/issue (i.e. images not loading, links not working,etc...) and the site has an overall childish feel to it. Im hoping this site will wake up and compete with the likes of gizmodo, gadgeteer, and engadget to name a few. However, for that to happen, someones got to pay attention to the details.
By jstites at 5:11 PM ON 06/25/08
Too bad this had already be thought-up AND CREATED already. Got to love that good ol' American know-how!
Check it out yourselves...
http://www.the-uno-tomorrows-transportation.com/
This was featured on Engadget months ago.
By stever at 5:59 PM ON 06/25/08
It isn't even American, it's from a teenager in Ontario Canada. Canada rules!
By Lars Lottrup at 6:01 PM ON 06/25/08
This is great. It looks far better than the Uno, because of the tow side by side wheels.
I have been riding unicycle for more than 20 years, I wont one with a motor!!
By John G at 7:48 AM ON 06/26/08
I think you have a fantastic idea particularly for college towns such as the one in which I live. If you need a guinea pig as well as someone with experience in promoting new products please send me more info and a sample unit to promo in my town of Gainesville, FL (Univ of Florida).
Kind regards
John Gachago
john.gachago@gmail.com
By kt_m_smith at 10:13 AM ON 06/26/08
did anyone else happen to chuckle quite a lot when they saw this....
By jellywerker at 4:13 PM ON 06/28/08
What about Bombardier's EMBRIO? I think that predates all of them. Granted it is still a concept.
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