"durability, hardness, stability, slalom and speed".......NOISE???

I don't see any huge potential for airless tires in production cars.
Puncturelessness can be a great advantage for off-road vehicles, but not a critical selection criteria for on-road cars.
The problem is that these airless tires have much higher rolling resistance than inflated tire.
So, instead of reducing CO2 emissions, they would horribly increase it.
Sorry guys: these airless tires are only for off-road vehicles.

These look primed for 3D printing. Eventually people will be able to make almost everything they need at home. I'll probably be dead by then but that's the future....

These have good potential in low-cost, low-maintenance areas like scooters and children's toys.

I can imagine that if these tiles are used for off-road activities, then they are going to get seriously full of mud, and would need to be hosed out after use.
I would think that an outer skin would be a useful addition. The main question is, will they be more expensive than pneumatic tyres?
The best use would be for military vehicles, where the tyres could not be shot out and deflated. Cost would not be a factor.
I do find the article a bit short on information, and also there are some trite remarks: They don't puncture; they don't require any air.

Nairda: Why bother about noise? They are going to make noise generators mandatory for electric cars anyway (which bothers me, because I think it's stupid!) so a little extra noise would only add SAFETY, at least when thinking along these lines ...

so many naysayers...lol. i'll take a set, for on road, without ever having to adjust inflation levels i'm pretty confident i'll do better than those espousing air filled tires having less rolling resistance. majority of drivers never check their tire pressure. As for off road mudder types? Do what you have to do to have fun i guess.

WAAAAAAAAY too many issues. The flexibility changes too much with temperature (super stiff when cold and super mushy when hot), stuff getting stuck in the gaps. Crap being flung out of the gaps at 70 mph....many, many more.
Good concept but I just don't see it happening.

Naidra, the article clearly stated that the design was still in testing stage and that "...further details about the results have not been revealed." Why do you expect a writer to reveal what they do not know?

@DaniTuri - "The problem is that these airless tires have much higher rolling resistance than inflated tire."
Do you have a reference for that. That is the first time I've seen that stated. I've been following the Tweel concept since it came out more than a decade ago, and none of the data I've seen mentioned an increased rolling resistance. A couple of the companies trying to market airless tires mentioned they could tune the ride by changing the polymer of the "spokes" or similar. If they can tune the stiffness of the support structure they can modify the rolling resistance.
BTW there are already some off road application of airless tires in production: http://gizmodo.com/john-deeres-new-ride-on-mower-is-one-of-the-first-to-ha-1682048716