It will take a ‘baby elephant’ to knock over this bike

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    HippoDrones
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    https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9776325.stm

    One of the most common accidents for motorcyclists is falling while turning a corner.
    But what if the bike could stand up by itself and would take “a baby elephant pushing it” to knock it over?
    Sumi Das examines how a bike using technology found on the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope – gyroscopes – can not only work to reduce accidents but save energy along the way.

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    Radar
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    Looks like it is the early stages of development there, but very interesting, reminds me of the defunct Carver.

    I posted about this a few weeks ago too somewhere

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