In life there are mods, and then there are mods. This tweaked Segway with significantly larger wheels plays on basic physics push to the device’s top speed up to 25mph. That doesn’t sound like a lot to a society used to 70mph+. But when you’re on a top-heavy, two-wheeled machine that uses nothing more than a few gyroscopes and electric motors to keep you from faceplanting into the pavement, it’s considerably more dangerous. You know you want to...
Sad news to report: Jimi Heselden, chief of Hesco Bastion, a UK-based company that owns the Segway brand, was found dead Sunday. Apparently, Jimi was out surveying his property in North Yorkshire and somehow managed to navigate his Segway over a nearby cliff. So far, the Segway has failed to reach any type of mass acceptance. Nevertheless, countless organizations and companies as well as local municipalities have found ways to utilize the futuristic and unique...
The Segway is one of the coolest gadgets that failed. Instead of transforming the way in which civilians traverse their great cities, the Segway has become nothing more than a mall cop tool, shuttling them from point A to point B in an ultra non-cool fashion. (Their’s just something about mall cops, their helmets, and the overall look that just doesn’t work…) Add in the fact that you have plenty of heath activists pissing and moaning about personal...
I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the Segway. While the basic design is many years old now, I still find myself wanting one more than ever, despite the fact I can’t afford the $5,000+ pricetag. But even in my *almost* blind nerdy love, I can still easily see the Segway’s faults. Most obvious to the average eye is the Segway’s size and weight. It’s huge! That’s where the Ewee-pt strikes a new chord. Designed and built in...
The Segway may have never hit that hallowed status of “the” human transporter, but it still lives on nonetheless. But where the Segway failed or simply didn’t meet the standards, perhaps the “Treadway Wearable Mobility” can succeed. The “Treadway” is the brainchild of the Dyson Award contest in which aspiring minds from all over the world are free to submit their futuristic designs. The Treadway, as you see above, definitely...
