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)
Quoted message said:...
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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