Build your own Segway!

**Theophylact** · September 29th, 2003, 08:43 AM

Well, don't, actually, because it has no safety features. Still...

**dunbar** · September 30th, 2003, 10:27 AM

Cool - but it does have a kill switch and an emergency shutoff for over 45 degrees tilt. I can't wait to watch the video of the right wheel lockup bug!

**omalleytrading** · September 30th, 2003, 11:10 AM

You know, I love to see this kind of stuff.

Years ago, it was people like this guy who were the innovators -- guys tinkering in their garage who came up with the "next big thing".

Today we've got corporations who do a cost-benefit analysis before lifting a finger.

"Will we be able to recoup our development costs from inventing a teleporter?"
"How much profit can we make per unit?"
"Is there a way we could make the customer pay a recurring monthly fee for using it?"
"Can it be made in Korea so the labor costs can be minimalized?"

This kind of thinking means that thousands of good ideas get squashed before they even get attempted. That age of invention for the sake of "seeing if it can be done" has been left behind. Sad really.

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**EvilRick** · September 30th, 2003, 11:50 AM

In the fairly likely event of the software crashing, a wire coming loose, a component failing, or the batteries running low, the wheels will lock and the entire kinetic energy of the system will be used to accelerate my head toward the ground.

**GroundZero3** · September 30th, 2003, 12:04 PM

interesting site, i heard tho that they are recalling the orginal segways because of safety issues

**ClubMed** · October 1st, 2003, 09:51 AM

Nice find Theo. This is going to be an interesting read, once I get out of the office

**willy_ph** · October 5th, 2003, 06:43 PM

Interesting concept.

**vass0922** · October 5th, 2003, 06:48 PM

now he can get sued for copyright infringement

**super gerbil** · October 5th, 2003, 06:49 PM

hmmm.. Can a gerbil ride that. And will it uctually get us somewhere unlike the excersice wheel

**SiliconJon** · October 29th, 2003, 04:57 PM

I'll wait for THIS one

**XxNiXxX** · October 30th, 2003, 01:02 AM

with that one you can go zero to sixty in about three seconds, afterwords you wobble uncontolably, shake violently and filanly rest after being thrwon into a wall at about 75 MPH. sounds like fun. Where can I get one???