[F3zz1k]

I see it this way, right now, this looks to be a cool toy. Do i see it changing the way cities are built, no not really. I dont think that you are gonna get to lug one onto a subway or through some ones nice office building, but hey I could be wrong. What I do see however, is that if this thing takes off, more of a demand for ramps instead of stairs, and more access to things via wheeled devices. Remember, this guy likes to build medical mobility devices such as wheel chairs. So anything that makes his other items better is a win for him. Not that hes doing a bad thing :)

[_Jim]

I dont think that you are gonna get to lug one onto a subway or through some ones nice office building,

Thinking ... squarely ... within .. the ... box ... again ...

[_Jim]

What I do see however, is that if this thing takes off, more of a demand for ramps instead of stairs, and more access to things via wheeled devices.

Let me be the first to break it to ya - there are quite a few ramps out there already!

Think Americans with Disabilities Act ...

[Don Joe]

"I see it this way, right now, this looks to be a cool toy. Do i see it changing the way cities are built, no not really. I dont think that you are gonna get to lug one onto a subway or through some ones nice office building, but hey I could be wrong."

If "cities are built" around it, there won't be any subways to lug it onto. There'll be nice, flat-floored (taking care of the ground-surface issues people have raised), plexiglass-domed "tunnels" at ground level, and perhaps above, when necessary, sort of "pedestrian superhighways". Heated in the winter, air-conditioned in the summer (taking care of the "raincoat" questions I've seen raised). They'll link "complex" to "complex". Office complexes will be built like shopping malls -- lots of "inside space", so weather won't be an issue.

I don't know that it's gonna happen, but if it happens, it seems pretty obvious that that's how it'll happen.