i have a set of Hankook's on my vee dub.

Awww... they stole my idea for that eMembrane tyre with the variable grip.

Well, back to my mind's drawing board.

No square tires?

That is the Canadian model.

let's not reinvent the wheel, here...

Old joke, sounds like you should retire!

Tyres that allow you to ignore speed bumps, that seems safe.

@Trancecoach reTIRE, get it?

Goes well with the limo-tint, rotating license plates, and blood-splatter-proof paint.

DEATH RACE 2013

I think the point there is merely that the tyres take the suspension hit, making it a smoother experience than your whole car juttering about, I guess it would just be a small feeling of going up and down.

I imagine you still need to approach speed bumps slowly, if you took it too hard, I'm sure the tyre would crack or break from the immediate clash. I also imagine that by the time the materials in these tyres exist/become affordable mainstream, all cars would be driven by AI, making speed bumps largely unnecessary.

I guess I'm the only one who thinks some speed bumps are getting a little out of hand, I am getting really tired of cleaning mountain goats out of my grill after going over one.

*related=http://videosift.com/video/Bose-active-suspension-doesnt-just-handle-bumps-corners

Bose active suspension doesn't just handle bumps & corners has been added as a related post - related requested by messenger.

Cool video, useless idea. The beauty of current tire design is the simplicity. They have one moving part, they are cheap to make and if you buy good tires they exceed the acceleration and braking forces that any average car produces.

"Magnetic field ... with empty space between the tread and alloy wheel."

What!?! Because that wouldn't be excessively heavy/expensive/dangerous at all, oh no. I can't decide whether this should be in commercial, scifi, or parody.

Agreed, these are just art concepts. Fun to look at, but hardly practical.

2nd that. All these would make great "upgrades" in a videogame, but in real life none of them would be practical (or safe if even possible). Physics just doesn't work that way.
Maybe we'll see the hybrid tire for energy effeciency, but it would have to change state back to flat within milliseconds for fast braking in emergency situation.