A tire shop employee thought a customer's tires were defective, only to discover they were Michelin Track Connect pods built into the rubber. The pods communicate with a receiver and feed live tire temperature and pressure data straight to a smartphone — designed for owners who want to track a McLaren 600 LT seriously. What looked like a defect was a high-end telemetry feature hiding in plain sight.
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