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Airless Humvee Tire Will Save Lives
gopaultech.com - 11/18/2008
Airless Humvee Tire Will Save Lives
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Flat tires in the field of war are not a good thing. When an armored vehicle becomes a sitting target, it’s only a matter of time before that group is in trouble. Well, Resilient Technologies, LLC, the DoD, and the School of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin are trying to ...

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Airless Humvee Tires
Gadget Venue — ... well as being good with taking bullets, the wheel also is very good with both noise and heat. Of course, a lot more testing will be done first but should it do what it says on the tin, I see this being a great benefit. Here is a quick demonstration of Tweel which is a Michellin concept which is aimed more at the consumer rather then army vehicles. It still gives a good idea of what it is capable of though. Via: GoPaulTech ...

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