German
scientists unveil 'intelligent' tyre for all weather
(April 24, 2012) Are you fed up of having to change your summer tyres for winter tyres at the
first sign of snow? Or of being caught out on a long car journey by sudden
changes in the weather?
That may
soon be a thing of the past, according to a group of researchers at Leipzig
university, who are developing the world's first-ever "intelligent"
tyre which automatically adapts itself to the prevailing weather conditions
even while you are driving.
A team of
researchers headed by Detlef Riemer at the University of Applied Sciences in
Leipzig unveiled the "adaptive tyre" at this year's Hanover Fair, the
world's biggest industrial fair taking place in the north German city this
week.