> Of course, you know that the fellow that invented the Segway went over a
> cliff on his device... =A0If I was Mr. Honda, I might be concerned about
> going over a banister or something ; )
Wrong. Wasn't the inventor, but he did own the company:
The British businessman who owns the Segway company plunged to his
death after driving one of his famous two-wheeled scooters off a
cliff, police said Monday.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/09
/
27/2010-09-27_segway_company_owner_jimi_heselden_dies_in_england_after_ridi=
ng_a_segway_off_cli.html#ixzz1DsMzyVK3
Notice, it was a different Seqway than what is normally sold for the
street.
MJ
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:26:50 -0800, Zz Yzx <[email protected]>
wrote:
>But are we humans getting too fat and lazy?
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cuIJRsAuCHQ
>
>
>-Zz
Can't remember the title, but there's a SF story about people in the
future going everywhere in their electric personal conveyances, to the
point that their legs wither. There's a group that opposes the
concept and eventually manages to shut down the power to the cars in a
manner that apparently can't be undone.
We know that the technology is readily available to create
self-guided vehicles for us - GPS, microprocessor, electro-mechanical
steering interface, etc.
John
On 2011-02-13 14:26:50 -0500, Zz Yzx <[email protected]> said:
> But are we humans getting too fat and lazy?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cuIJRsAuCHQ
>
>
> -Zz
Wonder if there's a speed limitation -- the demo seemed to move pretty
slowly. In other words, could you swing your partner, do-see-do?
On Feb 13, 2:26=A0pm, Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote:
> But are we humans getting too fat and lazy?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=3DcuIJRsAuCHQ
That's not for fat and lazy. This is for fat and lazy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DhZ38gY44ebY
I could see the Honda thing being useful at someplace like Disney
World where you're standing in line for hours, creeping along, or
maybe getting around a large manufacturing plane.
But people fidget and slouch. So if your back is bothering you and
you move to stretch to the side and the thing goes shooting off? Or
someone bumps into you and then you go shooting off in a sideways
direction.
The real fun will be when some kids hack the thing to remove the
safeties and boost the speed, and then start doing extreme maneuvers
with it.
R
Didn't you mean --Barrister---
"Bill" wrote in message news:[email protected]...
DA wrote:
<snip>
> I especially liked the trick when she\'s carrying a box with files - try
> something like that on a Segway!
>
Of course, you know that the fellow that invented the Segway went over a
cliff on his device... If I was Mr. Honda, I might be concerned about
going over a banister or something ; )
Bill
"Zz Yzx" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> But are we humans getting too fat and lazy?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cuIJRsAuCHQ
Easy fix. If you're not at an appropriate weight for your size and age, the
glider or whatever it's called gives you a suitable number of shocks if it
thinks you're too heavy. :)
responding to
http://www.homeownershub.com/woodworking/OT-Yikes-AMAZING-engineering-487782-.htm
DA wrote:
> But are we humans getting too fat and lazy?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cuIJRsAuCHQ
You are absolutely correct, the amount of design and engineering that went
into this thing is nothing short of amazing. But note that the girls
riding it are quite fit (slender a better word?) - I\'m guessing you
really need to be light to get any useful range out of the batteries. With
2-axis balancing the motors would be running all the time, even if you\'re
just sitting on it and not moving and so the battery life\'s probably
measured in minutes.
I especially liked the trick when she\'s carrying a box with files - try
something like that on a Segway!
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DA wrote:
<snip>
> I especially liked the trick when she\'s carrying a box with files - try
> something like that on a Segway!
>
Of course, you know that the fellow that invented the Segway went over a
cliff on his device... If I was Mr. Honda, I might be concerned about
going over a banister or something ; )
Bill
Looks like there would be some big patent royalties to the Segway people.
One big theft of concept otherwise. They still existÉ
"Zz Yzx" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
But are we humans getting too fat and lazy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cuIJRsAuCHQ
-Zz