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NASA invented wheels that never get punctured::Would you use this type of tire?

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[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 63 points 5 months ago

NASA invented wheels that never get punctured

No they fucking didn't.

Wheels that don't puncture have been around for centuries

We don't use them because they are more shit than normal tyres for the majority of use cases.

Specific use cases, such as those faced by NASA may benefit from having such a feature, but to say they "invented" wheels that don't puncture is an outright lie.

Who the fuck wrote this trash?

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 61 points 5 months ago

The Superelastic Tire offers traction equal or superior to conventional pneumatic tires and eliminates both the possibility of puncture failures and running “under-inflated”, thereby improving automobile fuel efficiency and safety. Also, this tire design does not require an inner frame which both simplifies and lightens the tire/wheel assembly.

Except that NASA's new tires are actually better than normal tires in the normal use cases. Hence the word invented. Did you actually read the article before criticising it?

[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Traction is not the only factor. How does this new tire affect steering? How much noise does it make as it rolls on the ground? How much noise does it make as air flows over it at high speed? How durable is it? How does it handle high rotational speeds? How does it handle impact? How does it handle braking? How does it handle different weather and road conditions, different temperatures? How does it treat the road surface? And can it be manufactured at such huge scales? There are plenty of reasons why it might very well be completely unsuitable as car tires.

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 2 points 5 months ago

Yes? I'm not here claiming it's the perfect car tire, I'm merely disputing parent's comment

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 49 points 5 months ago

They didn't invent the concept of punctureless wheels, but they certainly invented a set a wheels that are punctureless

[-] poopkins@lemmy.world 47 points 5 months ago
[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

My tits are sweet, but rarely calm.

[-] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 5 months ago

Has anyone set up an equivalent to r/rimjobsteeve yet?

[-] Silentiea@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Be the change you want to see in the world.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 months ago

Yeah, the first wheels couldn't be punctured. Puncturable wheels are fairly modern.

[-] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Why curse or get angry? The author got it wrong. You pointed it out. 👍 You also raised my blood pressure a smidge.

[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Wheels that don’t puncture have been around for centuries

What does that have to do with it? Those were a different design. Sure, this invention shares a couple of features with past inventions but that doesn't mean it's the same invention.

Most puncture proof tires are too hard. A good tire is soft enough to have a large flat area where it touches the road (or some other shape, if the road is bumpy).

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Inventing an OLED television isn't inventing the television...

[-] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

The marketing team for those over priced bike tires probably.

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