Electric wheelchair...
Yawn
Ogo, a new take on personal transportation
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#22The site could show a bit more info, e.g. the technical parameters of the thing. It would be interested to see even for the prototype. Also, is this how New Zealand accent sounds like?
interesting,i thought it was British (but English is my second language)
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At least for disabled people this is way more useful than a bicycle. The video seems convincing to me.
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#24Oh god, reminds me of the Wall-E hover chairs used by the humans who have basically ceased moving... https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=wall-e+hover+chairs&tbm=is...
The movie seems to target disabled people, not fat/unhealthy people.
I thought this but the article title is "Ogo, a new take on personal transportation". I think I'm fine, unless the article title is wrong... It's been known to happen :-)
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A bicycle wouldn't be particularly useful for the people in that video.
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#26Looks 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 ..."
That is probably to make clear that this is not a Wall-E device or a bicycle replacement. Even with that clear language, multiple people here did not get that.
Re: Ogo, a new take on personal transportation
#27The site could show a bit more info, e.g. the technical parameters of the thing. It would be interested to see even for the prototype. Also, is this how New Zealand accent sounds like?
Brit here: I thought it was Australian.
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#28This looks like a huge improvement over a wheelchair (have you ever tried the joystick control on an electric wheelchair?). Way better mobility.
And it looks cool. Completely the opposite feeling of watching someone on a Segway, which could make even the coolest person look like a mall cop.
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#29Looks 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 ..."
That is probably to make clear that this is not a Wall-E device or a bicycle replacement. Even with that clear language, multiple people here did not get that.
There's something sad about that so many cases of technological innovation in physical space seem to remind people of Wall-E.
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Mopeds have some advantages over bicycles, as do motor scooters. Both were created after bicycles, and are considered personal transport. And plenty of people want personal transport who are unable to ride a bike.