The Zero-Emissions One-Wheeled Motorcycle

Call me pedantic, but doesn't it have two wheels?<p>What advantages does this have over a standard bicycle? Is it solving a problem that doesn't exist?

Silliness. Inspired design creates simple solutions for complex problems. That thing is a complex solution for a simple problem. Or perhaps it's a complex solution without any problem at all.<p>Anyone who wants to positively impact individual's transportation issues should be working on battery development, and similar technology.

Whoever designed this is obviously a fan of Venus Wars:<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/media/rm705206528/tt0135037" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/media/rm705206528/tt0135037</a>

Anyone who looks at that thing and thinks it's not going to be a hit is not a money man. To quote the sopranos - I know a hit when I see it.<p>That motorbike would sell like hot cakes because it's extremely cool. People who ride motorbikes care about coolness. And a one wheeled motorbike is the epitome.<p>But frankly, I'd be scared to ride something like that which is balanced by electronics.

Transportation has been in the post-functionality age for a few decades now. Getting from A to B is taken for granted, and choice of vehicle is almost entirely driven by aesthetics and style. And it makes a huge difference. Try going on a date in an M3, or a 1987 Firebird, or an xB, and see the different reactions you get.<p>This vehicle is relevant because it's a genuinely new thing, in a field which only sees about 1 new idea per decade. (not to channel Zuckerberg here or anything...)

This machine is dangerous. Physics speaking: it will require a good balance and adherence point is one. Conclusion falling off it is highly probable with great damage to the body.

It's really ingenious, except for the fact that the 2 wheels are side-by-side instead of balancing each other automagically (in some other strange, and surely 'too simple', arrangement).