[Criminal Number 18F]

Yep. Same technology. Lots of promise here. I hope that Dean Kamen and his investors get incredibly, filthy rich off the Segways, and

By the way, those that knock Segway, go ahead and try it. You can get around faster that walking, and you're neither threatening to pedestrians nor threatened by vehicles -- unlike a bicycle.

I sure could have used a rucksack that would understand simple commands.. like, say, "Fido! Heel!" That would have taken a lot of the pain out of the annual 12- or 20-miler.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Criminal Number 18F]

Er.

I said, "filthy rich off the Segways, and"

How about:

filthy rich off the Segways, and are able to make iBots available to many of the people who have lost some of their mobility.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Ramius]

I agree. Since these things came out I've thought it was a really ingenious little gizmo. Beats walking, yet doesn't interfere on a sidewalk with people that are.

I remain a little amazed at the luddites here on FR that will poopoo any new idea before they try it.

I'm still considering whether to get one myself. I have an apartment that is only about four miles from my office. It's farther than I would want to walk, but even in that short distance the city traffic and parking is a hassle. On a Segway though, it would a pretty quick trip.

[RonF]

By the way, those that knock Segway, go ahead and try it. You can get around faster that walking, and you're neither threatening to pedestrians nor threatened by vehicles -- unlike a bicycle.

I'm imagining trying to use one of these devices in Chicago in December through February with chunks of ice in the gutter, piles of snow, etc. I've seen the pictures of someone negotiating an inch or so of un-trammeled snow on a relatively level lawn. Wait until it's been salted and churned into frozen slush with 4 inch deep footprints locked into it, etc.