Goodyear unveils a wild concept for spherical tires

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One of the reasons that android BB-8 captured our imaginations in-Star Wars: The Force Awakens was that its spherical design gave it the ability to fluidly move over rough desert regions in a way that you just couldn't imagine R2-D2 pulling off. Now Goodyear has taken the wraps off an incredibly cool new concept for spherical tires that essentially look like what would happen if you installed four different BB-8s under the frame of your car. FROM EARLIER:- 7 features I desperately want (but won’t get) in the iPhone 7 Here are some of the features touted by Goodyear in its concept video for the Eagle-360 tires: The tires would be connected to the car via magnetic levitation. Miniature

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