[Monty22002]

I remember in the late early 2000s I worked at TI, and codename Ginger was a big deal. Turned out to be one of the biggest flops ever.

[texas booster]

I was in the DLP group in the late 2000’s.

Not having the clearance needed, the engineers would cover their desks when I would come through.

What was Ginger?

[KarlInOhio]

The founder was saying that cities would be redesigned based on his new technology during the prerelease hype. Then when it was released, it was clear the balance system was cool, but a powered, self-balancing scooter wasn't going to shake up civilization.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I worked one summer at HP on something called the Kangaroo.

I believe it was a PDA that flopped because like all other PDAs it had no touchscreen.

[KevinB]

I remember in the late early 2000s I worked at TI, and codename Ginger was a big deal. Turned out to be one of the biggest flops ever.

Yeah, I remember the hype around this. It was going to revolutionize human transportation. I think Amazon was a partner initially. People looked goofy driving them, they were outrageously expensive and, as the article said, there were several high-profile crashes.

[Husker24]

Yeah, I remember them saying, “cities will be designed around it.” They couldn’t get around the fact that you just looked like a giant dork driving one.

[thoughtomator]

“IT” is over.