Sideways rolling omnidirectional wheels made out of little feet
Airtrax's omnidirectional wheels for industrial vehicles can roll forward, back, sideways, diagonally... Like something out of a Neal Stephenson novel. I want an electric car with these things (though who know how they wear on road conditions?).
Airtrax (via Red Ferret)
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