Osmos Orbital Wheel

Juniper Foo | Jan 28, 2005

While Michelin is taking the air out of its Tweel tires, over in the European continent, French company Osmos has been busy reinventing the wheel. Its Orbital Wheel is a hubless wonder that has been stripped down to just the bare essential--the outer ring. In short, sans spokes and hub caps. Osmos claims the Wheel is stronger than its flimsy donut appearance suggests, and plans to apply its creation to bicycles, motorcycles, cars, wheelchairs, trains and even heavy construction equipment. It'll be interesting to see if the US Tweel or French Wheel makes road history first. Whatever the outcome, we're rooting for both.

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Price: N.A.
Availability: In concept
Device: Wheel
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