Inventor David Patrick, an avid skateboarder, found that a helix like round shape could give skateboarder's more speed and better grip. Will this technology be used to in other forms of wheels?

Inventor David Patrick, an avid skateboarder, found that a helix like round shape could give skateboarder's more speed and better grip. Will this technology be used to in other forms of wheels?

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/this-guy-reinvented-the-wheel-by-turning-it-into-a-cube/276705/