Segway is Dean Kamen's company, not the product. The product is the Human Transporter (or HT). They make other things, too, including the Segway Centaur.
Segway by Honda
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Re: Segway by Honda
#62Like Paul Graham said in July 2009[1] The trouble with the Segway is that it makes you look smug. This thing will make you look even more so. [1]: http://www.paulgraham.com/segway.html
i guess that's why such technologies take a while to get broadly adopted. i think in 10 or 20 years almost everybody might use those, and segway will look kinda old-school.
I think this has more practical use whereas Segway is like an expensive car. Show this to any caretaker looking after people with stroke, disabilities etc. I am sure they will find it useful. Think about how many falls this can prevent indoors? They probably need to cap the max speed for old people to their walking speed. A back rest will be nice.
Re: Segway by Honda
#63Looks like you have to stoop forward constantly to stay in motion. Not useful as a vehicle, not even for a short while. Maybe useful as an office-chair replacement?
Office chair was the first thing I thought of when I saw them sliding sideways. I wonder how hard it would be to stay still enough to type accurately.
Just talked to a friend who runs a kitchen, thinks it would be ideal for a commercial cook.
Re: Segway by Honda
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
I actually think that it's better than the Segway for making you slightly shorter. One of the problems with the Segway is that the increased height (and width) makes you so conspicuous as to practically be flaunting your use of it, and how independent you are from the lowly ambulating masses. Whereas someone riding a Vespa can still come off as cool. (Though they'll immediately look silly next to someone on a Harley.…
Well, yes. Someone sitting lower than others around him/her is not necessarily bad: think driving a Ferrari vs walking down the street. But this thing does not look cool. It looks more like you are somehow incapacitated (I think some other comments mention knee injuries). Even a hover chair from the Austin Powers movies would be better. Jetpacks would be ideal.
I agree with you. I don't think this thing is going to take off as a mainstream transportation device. I just think it's less awkward than the Segway.