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To: Slagle who wrote (956)	9/28/2005 9:38:40 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 217616

Yes, invented in NZ. That would be about 1990, so not many years to run on patents [haven't checked]. I was a supplier of lubricants to the factory at the time and the company and the machine were extremely impressive. A work of art, highly creative engineering in several respects. <"washing machine" Neat brushless DC job. Very cool. Invented in NZ?> Few moving parts in the machine. The motor has a structure of light plastic [I forget the name of it but it's a special type]. Which would be good in a wheel to reduce weight and gyroscopic effects and angular momentum/rotational energy. With electronic controls, wheel rotation rate and force could be individually tailored to steer, to brake, and to maintain adhesion. Mqurice