BTW, in this link from that article they got the laws of physics wrong:
http://www.recreation.bombardier.com...spx?press=2005
it says in this theoretical vehicle of the future, to turn you would lean the machine in the direction you want to turn.
that would not work. To turn a motor cycle you push the handlebars in the OPPOSITE direction from what you want to go, and the precession effect of the front wheel (acting as a gyroscope) cause the wheel to preceed at a 90° angle to that force, making the motorcycle lean into the turn. Many people make this mistake when they first ride a motorcycle, thinking you turn the handlebars the direction you want to go, and the first bend in the road they come to at a high speed, they go right off the road.
In fact, now that I think of it, once you got this thing up to speed, it would be very difficult to make it turn. It might be impossible.