Smartwheel
A POV-Ray scene inspired by the "smartwheels" described in the book Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. The wheel looks giant because of the camera perspective: imagine it being more normal wheel-sized. Work from 2004. For more images and the source, see: http://switchb.org/kpreid/2004/smartw...
I know the sudden stop at the end is annoying in YouTube, but I'm not feeling like reworking the camera movement from the original just yet; I merely realized that these days one can easily do better than a lil' 320x240 QuickTime video.