Researchers at Purdue University have found a way to make tires that tell you of impending road doom. No it's not a robotic voice that screams OUCH when you roll over a piece of glass, but it's kinda like that.
--- "What we have is a multilayer of different materials on the entire tire with different electrical properties. That allows us to then measure anywhere in the tire," said Gary Krutz, director of Purdue's Electrohydraulic Center and a professor of agricultural and biological engineering. ---
The system will detect a whole manner of potential hazards, punctures, cuts, defects, imbalance, too much Armor All and dirt on your spinning 22's. okay, not the last two
These sound like a great future Christmas gift for grandma.
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