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Segway to stop production of iconic two-wheeler personal vehicle
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| June 24, 2020
| Neha Malara
Posted on 07/27/2020 7:18:49 PM PDT by texas booster
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The brainchild of inventor Dean Kamen, the original Segway model carries one user standing on a small platform between two side-by-side wheels.
The owner of the company died in 2011 after driving over a cliff in a Segway in CT. Looks like a Chinese company acquired the company, and used its patents to supply Lime and other bike companies in the US.
RIP.
To: texas booster
I remember in the late early 2000s I worked at TI, and codename Ginger was a big deal. Turned out to be one of the biggest flops ever.
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07/27/2020 7:21:45 PM PDT
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texas booster
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To: Monty22002
I was in the DLP group in the late 2000’s.
Not having the clearance needed, the engineers would cover their desks when I would come through.
What was Ginger?
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07/27/2020 7:23:14 PM PDT
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texas booster
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To: Monty22002
The founder was saying that cities would be redesigned based on his new technology during the prerelease hype. Then when it was released, it was clear the balance system was cool, but a powered, self-balancing scooter wasn't going to shake up civilization.
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07/27/2020 7:23:55 PM PDT
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KarlInOhio
(In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after an election.)
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So no Paul Blart: Mall Cop 3?
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posted on
07/27/2020 7:25:12 PM PDT
by
Rastus
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A babe on Gilligans Island??
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posted on
07/27/2020 7:26:15 PM PDT
by
resistance
(abandon all hope and rational thought, become a democrat)
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posted on
07/27/2020 7:26:25 PM PDT
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bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
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Dean Kamen is still alive and kicking.
It's only the preposterous Segway that is dead.
To: texas booster
I had a segway tour in Italy it was terrific.
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07/27/2020 7:28:30 PM PDT
by
Williams
(Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
To: KarlInOhio
I think it was just too bulky for sidewalks. And I don’t think it has a cigarette lighter.
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07/27/2020 7:29:03 PM PDT
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bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
To: Monty22002
I worked one summer at HP on something called the Kangaroo.
I believe it was a PDA that flopped because like all other PDAs it had no touchscreen.
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Ginger was the codename for the Segway. I worked at Spring Creek in the early 2000’s right after defense went to Raytheon. I had to go over there for IT purposes an I’d asks them what’s up ‘if we told you we’d have to kill you’. Good times.
To: KarlInOhio
I remember. So much hype over this.
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Heck, TI back then had one of the first touchpad PDAs. Don’t remember the model or anything, but it was incredibly rare. I bought an HP model and was lambasted for not giving the company loyalty, semi-jokingly.
To: texas booster
Segway: too fast for the sidewalk and too slow for the road.
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07/27/2020 7:33:07 PM PDT
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PTBAA
To: Monty22002
Everyone else I knew in high school had an HP calculator, but I loved my TI.
Reverse Polish Notation? Not for me!
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posted on
07/27/2020 7:33:53 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Monty22002
I like Ginger on Gilligans Island better.
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posted on
07/27/2020 7:38:43 PM PDT
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wjcsux
(Cast your vote like itÂ’s 6 November 1860.)
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