Arquivos de Tag: Wheel

Quiet Nerd Builds an Eight Wheel Electric Tank Camper That Spins Within Its Own Footprint

Building an electric 8×8 camper from scratch looks impossible until Quiet Nerd opens a workshop and starts cutting square punch tubing into a lightweight frame. Eight separate 48-volt, 1000-watt brushless differential motors soon sit under that frame, each one ready to push its own wheel. Differential gears generally allow wheels to move at different speeds, […]

Uber robotaxis hit London’s streets, but with humans still behind the wheel

Robotaxis are on the roads of London, marking Uber’s biggest real-world challenge yet in a busy city built on a dense layout and countless roundabouts. This week, Uber rolled out 15 autonomous Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles in London powered by artificial intelligence. The project is a partnership with British technology company Wayve. As of now, […]

Tesla’s Cybercab Pulls Up in Austin for First Public Test Rides With No Wheel Left to Hold

Gold two-seaters started carrying passengers through Austin this week after a quiet Thursday event and a Friday opening on Tesla’s Robotaxi app. Early riders who managed to snag one described a ride so uneventful it felt almost ordinary, which is the whole point of a taxi that never asks you to drive. Cybercab is a […]

Gold Without a Wheel, Tesla’s Cybercab Takes Austin

Gold two-seaters with butterfly doors rolled through downtown Austin on Thursday, September 3, and none of them had a steering wheel. Tesla used an invite-only gathering at ACL Live to put its purpose-built Cybercab into the same Robotaxi app that has already been carrying paying riders in Model Y SUVs since June 2025. Guests got […]

Clay That Holds Impossible Shapes, One Maker’s Pressurized 3D Printer Extruder Unlocks Pottery No Wheel Could Ever Form

Joshua Bird spent years tinkering with motion systems and material delivery before he landed on a setup that treats clay like a precise, buildable medium rather than something that slumps or cracks at every turn. The result is a working printer that produces double-walled cups, organic climbing-hold textures, and even delicate chainmail-style meshes in fired […]