Created by German designer Tilmann Schlootz, the Snook Concept is an original and agile personal mobility vehicle that rides on a sphere. The project has won the Michelin Challenge Design Award 2008 at the Detroit Autoshow 2008.
The Audi Snook rides on a sphere. This visionary concept implements the principle of agility through instability from aerospace technology.
The multidirectional engine consists of a sphere-wheel and enables the driver to intuitively navigate and steer the autostabilized cabin in every direction, including on the side and backwards, as well as to turn on a point.
Audi Snook Concept – Beside a completely new driving experience, this creates a variety of new maneuvers, that offer driving fun as well as satisfying the needs of future urban mobility.
How do you park it?
“…that offer driving fun as well as satisfying the needs of future urban mobility.”
Wrong. There is no bullet-proof glass, no multi directional tasers, no barriers to keep the mobs of beggars at bay.
Definitely, NOT designed to meet the needs of future urban mobility…
Fun until a large truck runs you over, or everyone laughing at you for driving a dork mobile. But hey its cutting edge.
Looks like a wheel chair, its the future of the wheel chair.
Or may be the author watched too much The Jetsons
For all those people who thought riding a unicycle was fun!
Nice design concept, but don’t wait for one to come to a showroom near you. This thing obviously won’t work in real life.
I thought Dr. Seuss was dead.
#5 – Ah_Yea – This thing obviously won’t work in real life.
It will, but the speed will be too slow to be useful for most people. As #4 (gerbosan) mentioned… this might have a future as yet another personal scooter.
You might not want to be in it when it runs out of power…
now ime just gooing the have to put that story on our blog when i get back to work next week
Segway 2.0
I enjoy riding a Sniz – is that similar?
Would I drive a Snook – Hell yes; they look as though they’ll be huge fun to drive!
What is the first movie we will see these in?
It would be a sure bet in the James Bond franchise, pre-Daniel Craig.
Or, a Jackie Chan movie.
This is just one step closer to having Morphballs.
They should have called it the Fnork. It has nothing in common with a snook.
it is a hamster ball………..
it will be the newest event in a japanese game show, bowling for pedestrians………..
Looks like the Monorail bubbles from Logan’s Run
Does it stop on a dime?
It looks like something that a disabled evil scientist living in a hollowed out mountain would ride around in while barking orders.