[spycatcher]

Send me a prototype :) It's meant more to be a compact extension of your own body and mind -- with no accelerator or brakes. And taking up zero space around you, just big enough for feet. Sort of a base for a future exoskeleton.

It's not perfect, but neither was the Wright Bros plane, or the first bike with a motor on it. This is much more advanced and now other companies will try to copy and improve on the design. Future versions from DEKA will probably have sterling engines for added power and range

[Don Joe]

"Future versions from DEKA will probably have sterling engines for added power and range"

Or, fuel cells.

Personally, I'm expecting the next major improvement to be a single-wheeled model, for greatly improved turn-handling at higher speeds.

You'll lose the ability to do an in-place 180, but you'll gain the ability to bank into turns.