EMBRIO One-Wheeler Concept Cycle
We featured this earlier and posted it here, but in case you are new to A&B, here is a cool concept vehicle of the one-wheeled variety. Dubbed the EMBRIO, Gizmag had this to say: "The riding position will be similar to a motorcycle with a complex series of sensors and gyroscopes balancing passengers on the single wheel. The rider activates a trigger on the left handlebar to accelerate and turns are made by shifting body-weight rather than actually steering.

"When the EMBRIO concept is at rest in 'stand-by configuration', the front wheels deploy to the ground like landing gear on a plane to increase longitudinal stability. The landing gear retracts when the vehicle speed reaches 20 km/h but even without the landing gear, the EMBRIO would be stable when motionless because of the gyroscope. The EMBRIO concept's main power source is a hydrogen fuel cell and additional advanced technologies including a high-performance braking system, active suspension, night vision, a digitally encoded key and robotic assistance would be incorporated into the design."

My question: as cool as this looks, wouldn't this still make you feel like a circus bear riding a unicycle? That's my take.

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