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"IT" Revealed - (Ginger)
TIME.Com ^ | 12/2/2001 | JOHN HEILEMANN

Posted on 12/02/2001 6:56:41 PM PST by Enlightiator

The Time article:

"Reinventing the Wheel"

The "flash" view.


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Its a scooter. It has wheels. It doesn't hover. Its called a "Segway." Neat. Yawn. Thanks to www.ginger_chat.com and Drudge for the heads up.
1 posted on 12/02/2001 6:56:41 PM PST by Enlightiator
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Big deal.
2 posted on 12/02/2001 6:58:55 PM PST by ozzymandus
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well i'm underwhelmed.
3 posted on 12/02/2001 6:59:02 PM PST by Induhvidual
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Seems as though it would fall forward or backward.
4 posted on 12/02/2001 6:59:36 PM PST by GuillermoX
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It doesn't hover? LOL? Are you kidding?
5 posted on 12/02/2001 6:59:54 PM PST by Petronski
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But it doesn't. I saw the wheelchair this guy designed a few years ago and it did the same thing. It automatically kept its balance, no matter what they did or how they moved it.
6 posted on 12/02/2001 7:02:24 PM PST by sigSEGV
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Only $3,000, eh?
7 posted on 12/02/2001 7:04:14 PM PST by newzjunkey
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yawn.....
8 posted on 12/02/2001 7:04:35 PM PST by blam
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> I saw the wheelchair this guy designed a few years ago and it did the same thing. It automatically kept its balance, no matter what they did or how they moved it.

Yeah, I saw the same wheelchair -- it even went up and down stairs, if I recall correctly.

9 posted on 12/02/2001 7:05:12 PM PST by Politico2
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Segway, eh? Decent name. It implies something better is coming. My advice is to wait for whatever that turns out to be.
10 posted on 12/02/2001 7:06:07 PM PST by monkeyshine
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*Psssh* forget those. Give me a loud Shelby GT500 any day!
11 posted on 12/02/2001 7:06:31 PM PST by UofHoustonRepublican
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I'm impressed--NOT. Hope no one bought stock for this thing. Ouch!
12 posted on 12/02/2001 7:06:50 PM PST by concerned about politics
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Thanks for the update. This is a hoot!
13 posted on 12/02/2001 7:06:50 PM PST by 2Trievers
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Picture Drudge put up (NYT photo):


14 posted on 12/02/2001 7:07:39 PM PST by BansheeBill
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Wonder what a lurching drunk would look like on it? : )
15 posted on 12/02/2001 7:08:06 PM PST by flying Elvis
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Yeah, this'll revolutionize the world, as if we didn't have enough Jerry Nadlers already.... The only plus I can see is for the infirm, and I wonder if this product is a good idea for old folks whose remaining muscles are on the shaky side; not to mention their reaction time. Ever see a person well past his prime attempting to drive a car? How is an old geezer (I hit 50 next year, so I'm not that far away) going to manuever this thing safely through city streets, as is shown here?
16 posted on 12/02/2001 7:08:15 PM PST by OldFashionedAmerican
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Wow I am soooooo excited....so this is going to replace the car? Hehe nothing looks lamer then someone wearing a bike helmet.
17 posted on 12/02/2001 7:08:33 PM PST by Libertarian_4_eva
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And, gosh, they "only" cost $3,000 to go 17 mph, and get wet in the rain!

Detroit: Watch out!

18 posted on 12/02/2001 7:08:40 PM PST by RonDog
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Already posted in about a half-dozen other threads, yawn.
19 posted on 12/02/2001 7:08:53 PM PST by dr gene scott
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What if you were to run into a clothes line, how would it balance then?
20 posted on 12/02/2001 7:09:19 PM PST by Texaggie79
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