Reinventing the wheel – the airless tire

03:42 November 19, 2008 PST

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Eric Foltz (left) and Nick Newman look through the honeycomb pattern of an early prototype of a non-pneumatic tire. Foltz, Newman and Osswald (not pictured), worked with Resilient Technologies to design and develop the airless vehicle tire for military us

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U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wis., was instrumental in getting Department of Defense support for the company, which is affiliated with another company in his district, WADAL Plastics.

"Developing tires that will allow vehicles to continue to roll no matter what is thrown at them - even roadside bombs - is a real priority for the military and could be the difference between life and death for our troops in the field," says Obey.

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