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    Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway

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    Image of fox01313 fox01313
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    At least the segway you can stop, lean on it & just enjoy the view, this thing looks like it will just tip over if you try to stop anytime sending you to the ground.
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    Image of stan9fromouterspace stan9fromouterspace
    09/25/09

    @fox01313: Check the video. it actually seems to work. Even goes sideways. I wonder if it will hold up a 6 foot 5, 200+ pound semi-behemoth? Where's the nearest test-drive?
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    Only if it hovers.
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    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    I'm one step closer to becoming GizmoDuck.
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    Image of Cianalas Cianalas
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway

    looks unpleasant to ride.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    These are girly toys.

    THIS is was i want to see mass produced:
    [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    09/24/09

    @FrankenPC: me too.screw that weird U3X I want one of these badass things too.
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    Image of Motoki Motoki
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    Wonder how long it will take for the Japanese to come up with a CGI gay porn human transformer version of this.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/24/09

    @Motoki: Pretty sure that's being worked on right now.
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    its 2009, get with the hoverboards
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    09/24/09

    @evildead1971: I want jet boots.
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    *Slightly* dorkier than a Segway. Watching the guy in the business suit doing that pelvic thrust in shots 1 & 4 shows how much he trusts it. The engineer seems to have a much more graceful grasp on the situation. It is impressive that it can move sideways.
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    Boas_MC promoted this comment Edited by MonkeyT at 09/24/09 1:42 PM MonkeyT was starred MonkeyT was unstarred
    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    Small: Yes
    Unobtrusive: Yes
    Sexy: I think we can to agree that there is no way that looks sexy.

    Now if you had said shame-inducing or ego-deflating I would be right there with you.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/24/09

    @NerD: R.O.A.C.H.: What about flames and huge Boom box!!! Sexy????
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    09/24/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Well, tricking anything out with a good flame job makes it sexy.

    Until you sit down on it, and it makes you look like you are trying to crap out Wall-E.
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    Image of penguin_of_death penguin_of_death
    09/25/09

    @NerD: R.O.A.C.H.: "Until you sit down on it, and it makes you look like you are trying to crap out Wall-E."

    Sorry - that creased me up! I applaud you (although only mentally as otherwise the other people in the office will stare at me).
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    Image of burgerdog burgerdog
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    While I understand things like building better wheelchairs, who's the person at the company going "you know what I'm sick of? Walking!"?

    Invent tech for people who have problems getting around.
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    09/24/09

    @burgerdog: EXACTLY! Put more r&d dollars into those wheelchairs that can go in different terrain and such than lame tech for people who can walk perfectly fine.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    09/24/09

    @Sunshineyness: No money in better wheelchairs, the demographic is to small. Make a device to replace a car or bicycle, now you're talking real money.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/24/09

    @burgerdog: The problem with wheelchair is in the name 'WHEEL' CHAIR.....Wheel!! Lets get building a hoverchair and then move up to a jetchair. I think Steven Hawkins at Mach 4 will work!
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    Image of AEchinoderm AEchinoderm
    09/24/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Increase the demographics of the chair-ridden: launch dangerously precarious 'personal vehicles' so a lot of people will get into spine-mangling accidents and you... Oh, NOW I see it. Clever.
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    Image of TheGreenRanger TheGreenRanger
    09/24/09

    @AEchinoderm: well in 2010 we'll have flying cars. JIGGAWATTS!?
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    Yes, but according to the sign, it runs on dreams!
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/24/09

    @Perhaps Not: And fairy tears!!!!
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    09/24/09

    @Perhaps Not: and let's not forget the daily ration of butterfly kisses.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/24/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: Are we on rations now. Who used em all up??
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    09/24/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Ever since the Bob Carlisle song came out, there's been a waiting list.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    So, is this target audience mall cops or the morbidly immobile riders of Rascal scooters? Either way, I see an excellent future in drunken figure 8 racing at the dirt track.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    These would be great for zipping around the office.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    09/24/09

    @reddingofish: new kind of Office olympics!
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    10 of these. A long office and the boss out at a meeting. PARTY!!!! Winner gets to try and ride it down the 43 flights of stairs!!!
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    09/24/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): If you film the attempt, we are all winners.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    09/24/09

    In reply to Finally, A Personal Transportation Device That Looks Dorkier Than A Segway
    I know that the answer is probably going to be "practice", but how the heck is one supposed to balance on this thing without falling numerous times before getting it right?
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