Reinventing The (Gyro)Wheel -- U.S.-invented 'Cycling Toy' Reimagined In The UK

Some of you may be the familiar with the Gyrowheel. Based on technology developed by Thayer School of Engineering students Debbie Sperling, Hannah Murnen, Nathan Sigworth, and Augusta Niles as part of a graduate programme, it was a cleverly engineered bicycle wheel designed to be stable at very low speed. Targeted at young children learning to ride their bikes, the commercial version (originally marketed by Gyrobike) was launched on the U.S. market towards the end of the last decade and created ...