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NASA invented wheels that never get punctured
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this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2024
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Maybe they could be dipped in some kind of sustainable rubbery stuff, and when that wears down it’s stripped off and re-dipped. Sounds kinda energy hungry but who knows.
Seems exactly what the KickStarter that's trying to commercialise this to bike tubes is set out to do. Very interesting tech, but their attempt to appeal to reduce rubber waste falls kinda flat (pun intended) when these new tires require "retreading" their rubber rings
Space-Age Bicycle Wheels Using NASA Technology by The SMART Tire Company — Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smarttirecompany/space-age-bicycle-wheels-using-nasa-technology/
Ain’t no short-cuttin’ physics.
Did you just reinvent radial tires and retreads?
I WANT ROYALTIES!!!