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Old 11-12-2003, 10:30 AM   #1 (permalink)
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The next Segway?

Check it out much much cooler

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Old 11-12-2003, 10:38 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Robert Heinlein described a gadget like this -- a gyrostabilized monocycle -- in The Roads Must Roll (1940). (Wasn't a major feature in the story, just a throwaway idea.)
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Looks way cool man. But it will probably get a bad rap like the motorcycle.

By the way it isnt designed as a device to replace walking. It seems to be a car replacement.
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:00 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Hell no that thing isn't riding on my sidewalk! You want it in a lane of traffic? Let it fight with the bicycles!
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