Tag: SEGWAY

Share Segways and scooters definitely look fun to ride, but the vehicles -- despite all manner of possible modifications -- invariably carry a heavy nerd stigma. Benjamin Gulak and his BPG Motors company may challenge that stereotype, however, with the sleek and impressive Uno III. The adaptable vehicle actually morphs from an upright "Segway-like" mode into a horizontal, street-cycle position. ...

Info about this mod is a little tough to come by, but it appears that a German man, through the simple application of physics, has turned his Segway from dorky death-trap to speedy, dorky death-trap. By slapping a pair of large carriage wheels on his gyroscope-balanced nerd-mobile, YouTube user mastersector managed to top out at blazing 25 mph. Check out the video after the break. ...

Share Ask any experienced manufacturer to name the key component to a winning product, and they'll undoubtedly reel off a string of theories, personal maxims and anecdotes. Then, if they're even remotely honest, they'll confess that they have no idea what they're talking about. Some ugly and even poorly made objects go on to wild success (cough, Bluetooth headsets, cough), while beautifully ...

In a certain sense, dying while doing something you truly love is a luxury that most people will likely never experience. Silver as that lining may be, however, it probably won't do much to console the family of Segway owner Jimi Heselden, who recently died after driving one of his trademark devices off of a cliff in England. As the Telegraph reports, Heselden's body was found late Sunday ...

Tween heartthrob Justin Bieber has learned to be spry! In case you haven't already brightened your days with videos of the boy (and his haircut) walking face-first into more than one glass door, it seemed for a while that the Biebs was unable to master the simple act of perambulation. So, naturally, he turned to the coolest and most enviable set of mechanical legs this side of Gob Bluth: the ...

After failing in its first attempt to popularize two-wheeled transportation in large urban areas, Segway has partnered with General Motors (GM) to introduce a new concept car. According to Wired, the Electric Networked Vehicles, or EN-Vs, will be revealed to the public at the World Expo 2010 this May in Shanghai. The two-wheeled cars have a carbon-fiber shell and can run at about 25 mph, on a ...

A new robot prototype from Toshiba might relieve some of the stress of hosting a dinner party. According to DVICE, the bot, named Wheelie, is an autonomous two-wheel machine (complete with retractable wheels in the front and back in case of disaster) that's designed to assist around the house. Think of it as a shiny, mechanical butler, mixed with the balance of a Segway (check out the video after ...

Imagine our surprise when we saw, early this morning, that Engadget had posted evidence of this extreme transportational weirdness. Just when we thought that the world at large had come to some sort of consensus -- a peace accord, if you will -- and decided, once and for all, that the Segway was the most ridiculous, least useful, and dorkiest transportive innovation since the unicycle, Honda had ...

If you thought John Daly's lack of fashion sense shamed the game of golf, just wait till you see a golfer cruising around the local course on a MANTYS. Let's go ahead and get this out of the way: The MANTYS is pretty much a Segway with four wheels, and you'll look just as lame puttering around on the former as you would the latter. The rider stands on the back of the electric vehicle, holds onto ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Engadget_s_wild_ride_in_the_P_U_M_A'; Against all odds, GM and Segway let us inside their precious P.U.M.A. prototype, and we went for a quick jaunt down 18th St. We couldn't drive it, unfortunately, but there was plenty of action to be had from the passenger side. Starting from a rest on four wheels -- the main powered wheels and the front two "safety" ...

GM and Segway's joint venture is probably best described as a rickshaw without all the charm. The self-balancing Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project (P.U.M.A.) can reach top speeds of 35 MPH, has a lithium battery that lasts up to 35 miles with a single charge, and features vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication for potentially reducing the number of accidents. No word on when or ...

The Vivienne Tam-designed Mini 1000 was a cute foray of high fashion into the uber-geeky tech world, but not necessarily completely out of left field. Well, this one is. The word that Chanel has designed a Segway comes as a horrifying surprise to all of us. There's not too much information floating around about this one yet, so we have no idea how many they're making or what they're going to ...

After years of arduous research and fierce debate regarding the 'Nature vs. Nurture' dialectic, social scientists and theorists have finally stumbled upon authoritative evidence that solves the puzzle: Dweebs are made, not born. [From: Wired Blog] ...

This video has been around for a while now, but it's just so much fun to watch that we couldn't resist posting it again. Of course, we hope the woman seen smacking her kisser against the pavement is okay, we still laugh every time. Some of our favorite parts: The cocky woman at the beginning who's singing and dancing on her Segway. You just know things won't end well. About 7 seconds in, ...

Why do we not learn our lesson? First, we created bionic chimps. Now, as can see in the above video, we're training chimps to ride Segways. What's next -- a motorized cavalry of android apes? Okay, maybe we're getting all worked up over nothing. It's just a Japanese TV show, right? (One thing's for sure -- if they ever do a third remake of 'Planet of the Apes,' they'll all be riding Segways.) ...