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Someday, people will look at car jacks and lug wrenches the same way today’s kids look at phone booths. Bridgestone Corp., the world’s largest tire maker, is developing a tire that never goes flat because it isn’t filled with air. A spiraling mesh of spokes made from a recyclable plastic resin keeps the airless tire from collapsing.











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Willie Jones is an associate editor at IEEE Spectrum. In addition to editing and planning daily coverage, he manages several of Spectrum's newsletters and contributes regularly to the monthly Big Picture section that appears in the print edition.
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