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Re: Ogo, a new take on personal transportation

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Post by ParadigmBlender »

hunterloftis wrote: post #133
bernardom wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not just your mind. http://www.paulgraham.com/segway.html

"Someone riding a motorcycle isn't working any harder [than someone riding a Segway]." TIL that Paul Graham has never ridden a motorcycle. When riding a motorcycle, your left hand is used for clutch control, your right hand is used for both front brake and throttle control, your left foot is used to shift and your right foot controls the rear brake. Your arms control the front wheel's angle, which creates lean, and b…

Although I would agree that motorcycling is harder than Segway(ing), I would not say motrocycling is _that_ physically intense[0]. I would argue a bicycle requires more fitness ability then a motorcycle.

Ofcourse, even driving a car in a competitive manner requires good fitness.

[0] Rode a sports bike for many years and attended multiple days of track school and visits to the track.

Re: Ogo, a new take on personal transportation

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Post by hugh4 »

vonklaus wrote: post #118
ams6110 wrote: post #87

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Video is a bad way to convey information on a website, especially one targeting disabled folks.

This is one of the better usecases for video. I can't parse a video quickly, and an interview is a rather lengthy way to receive information if the only value is spoken text. Not the case here. The number one piece of information people want when hitting the site is how it works. They went with bootstrap and the embedded video isn't responsive but no one really gives a shit because as long as it can be clicked you ca…

A video is a good idea for this product, but there should be sufficient text to tell you what it is and what it does without needing to play the video anyway, eg if you're in public without earphones or have severely limited bandwidth,

Re: Ogo, a new take on personal transportation

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Post by vaishaksuresh »

hunterloftis wrote: post #133
bernardom wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not just your mind. http://www.paulgraham.com/segway.html

"Someone riding a motorcycle isn't working any harder [than someone riding a Segway]." TIL that Paul Graham has never ridden a motorcycle. When riding a motorcycle, your left hand is used for clutch control, your right hand is used for both front brake and throttle control, your left foot is used to shift and your right foot controls the rear brake. Your arms control the front wheel's angle, which creates lean, and b…

Riding motorcycle is not as hard as you make it out to be. Unless you're riding liter class or riding it in track, you don't need fitness regimen (see obese Harley riders for instance). Sure all your hands and legs have assigned jobs and the body as a whole maintains balance, but it is certainly way less demanding than say riding a bicycle. When you control clutch, all you're doing is closing your fist. This is true for all the other things you listed. I'm not saying riding a motorcycle isn't hard, but it is not that much harder than riding a bicycle for a normal person.

Source: Rode various motorcycles for ~10 years.

Re: Ogo, a new take on personal transportation

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Post by necessity »

ljk wrote: post #158
avian wrote: post #157

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Probably not a good example. I've heard that gluten-intolerant people can no longer trust a label "gluten free" these days. It is now used as a marketing device for healthy people and not meaning that it is safe for those with the medical condition.

Didn't know this was happening, sad but not surprised though..

You still don't, unless "some stranger in the internet said he heard someone say" is your knowledge of the situation.

Re: Ogo, a new take on personal transportation

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Post by [deleted] »

vaishaksuresh wrote: post #183
hunterloftis wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Someone riding a motorcycle isn't working any harder [than someone riding a Segway]." TIL that Paul Graham has never ridden a motorcycle. When riding a motorcycle, your left hand is used for clutch control, your right hand is used for both front brake and throttle control, your left foot is used to shift and your right foot controls the rear brake. Your arms control the front wheel's angle, which creates lean, and b…

Riding motorcycle is not as hard as you make it out to be. Unless you're riding liter class or riding it in track, you don't need fitness regimen (see obese Harley riders for instance). Sure all your hands and legs have assigned jobs and the body as a whole maintains balance, but it is certainly way less demanding than say riding a bicycle. When you control clutch, all you're doing is closing your fist. This is true…

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Re: Ogo, a new take on personal transportation

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Post by [deleted] »

ParadigmBlender wrote: post #181
hunterloftis wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Someone riding a motorcycle isn't working any harder [than someone riding a Segway]." TIL that Paul Graham has never ridden a motorcycle. When riding a motorcycle, your left hand is used for clutch control, your right hand is used for both front brake and throttle control, your left foot is used to shift and your right foot controls the rear brake. Your arms control the front wheel's angle, which creates lean, and b…

Although I would agree that motorcycling is harder than Segway(ing), I would not say motrocycling is _that_ physically intense[0]. I would argue a bicycle requires more fitness ability then a motorcycle. Ofcourse, even driving a car in a competitive manner requires good fitness. [0] Rode a sports bike for many years and attended multiple days of track school and visits to the track.

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Re: Ogo, a new take on personal transportation

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

djrogers wrote: post #156
pbhjpbhj wrote: post #147

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It's a sit on Segway, seems it would fit the same niche too? From what I've seen of Segway's that niche is kinda "novelty solo recreational vehicle". One thing here is speed. UK Highway Code says "Powered wheelchairs and scooters MUST NOT travel faster than 4 mph (6 km/h) on pavements or in pedestrian areas." [ https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-for-users... - "must not" IIRC means it's illegal with r…

> MUST NOT travel faster than 4 mph (6 km/h) on pavements or in pedestrian areas. Yeah, just like your car MUST NOT travel faster than the posted speed limit. Nothing says it can't be capable of doing so in other areas though.

Slightly different, under Use of Invalid Carriages on Highways Regulations 1988 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2268/made, S 10(1)(a) a class 3 vehicle - those with a speed limit above 4mph (which are allowed to go 8mph on roads) - must have "a device which is capable of limiting the maximum speed of the invalid carriage to 4 miles per hour". They are also required to have an indicator, which they must by the same law be able to see when using the vehicle, which shows if the limiter is in operation.

It seems a bit harder to sell than speeding a few mph above the limit in a car; but in either case those that want to flout the law are able to, you are right.

Re: Ogo, a new take on personal transportation

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Post by orkoden »

JulianMorrison wrote: post #69

One downside I can see for this: it looks like, if the user had a seizure, it would be extremely dangerous. It would keep them in the seat but interpret their movements as erratic hard accelerations and sharp turns.

The control software could probably detect a seizure or other erratic input and stop the vehicle.

Re: Ogo, a new take on personal transportation

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Post by odbol »

DavidSJ wrote: post #13

Looks very cool. One thing I noticed about the video introduction is the speaker is explicitly talking to the viewer as if he or she is not the target audience, e.g. "while you and I may take this for granted ..." and "the disabled are exactly the same as you and me ..."

Also, when he says "a disabled" is quite cringeworthy. You're supposed to say "person with disabilities" because it's not a "label", just a description of a normal person who happens to have different transportation needs.
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