Goodyear’s Eagle-360 concept tyre named among the ‘Best Inventions in 2016’ by Time Magazine

Today, if you want to move your car tyres in the right or left direction you turn them that way, but how about turning them sideways, especially, in a jam-packed parking space. Here, at present you say ‘impossible’, however, future says, a big ‘possible’. Say, ‘Hi!’ to the spherical tyres innovated by none other than century old tyre maker Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s Eagle-360 concept tyre. And for this ground-breaking feat, it has been named as the “Best Inventions of the Year 2016” by Time Magazine.

The list of 25 inventions published by the renowned magazine includes Chevy Bolt electric vehicle, shoes that lace themselves, virtual reality headset, solar roof collaboration between Tesla and Solar City, besides the revolutionary Goodyear Eagle-360 concept tyre. Every year, Time Magazine’s technology editors sit together and list the year’s “Best inventions that are making the life of humans better, smarter —in some instances—a bit more fun.”

US-based tyre brand’s Eagle-360 concept tyres have a futuristic approach and are basically meant for self-driving vehicles. Goodyear’s Chief Technical Officer Mr. Joe Zekoski stated that as we move to the future the driver interaction and intervention will gradually reduce in the self-driven vehicles, and here tyres have a key role to play as they are the ones primarily attached to the road.

The Goodyear Eagle-360 concept tyres are designed in a spherical shape, which will provide great help to the driverless cars in terms of ultimate manoeuvrability, connectivity and bio-mimicry to enhance safety.

While the Goodyear Eagle-360 is a future concept, however, it symbolises as an important aspect of American multinational’s innovation strategy and their vision for smart and safe mobility.

About Goodyear

Century-old tyre maker, Goodyear, is rated as one of the largest tyre manufacturing companies across the globe. The well-known tyre brand employs nearly 66,000 people and has manufacturing units in 22 countries with 49 facilities in the world. Company’s two Innovation Centers or Research and Development (R&D) centers are based in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg. The leading tyre firm strives to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set a benchmark for the technology and performance for the industry.

Author: Ankit verma

My need for speed began at a very early age and I realised this as soon as I got my first bicycle at the age of 8. When all the other kids would break downhill I would pedal harder just to go faster and enjoy the thrill. Adding to my interest for speed, I grew engrossed in the working mechanics of two wheelers thanks to my father as he is a hydraulic mechanic and would take me along with him on his repair sessions. Eventually I became familiar with the tools and basic technical concepts of two wheelers.Super sport and sport tourers are more of my liking and the sparks to these flames were ignited the first time I experienced the maddening power of a Yamaha YZF R1. I was just 14 years old at the time and got to ride as a pillion with an older acquaintance. This one short ride influenced my every decision in terms of the bikes I want to own. As of today I’m 26 years old and a proud owner of a Yamaha Fz15 version 2.0 and a Kawasaki Ninja 650 2014 model having clocked a decent 30k Kms only while touring, waiting to clock 1000s more as riding makes me feel whole again after enduring the dismal routines of life. Read more