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cool rider: like a segway, but not really

cool_rider_personal_transporter

Lately, we’ve been running into lots of unusual personal transportation vehicles. The Cool Rider is just the latest attempt to dethrone the venerable Segway from the top of the single-person transporter heap.

The Cool Rider isn’t quite as schmancy as a Segway, but it still looks like a fun way to get around. The vehicle…

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November 12th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys just plain fun technology

yikebike: the sitting man’s segway

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The YikeBike is a new electric transport vehicle coming from New Zealand. The compact personal transporter features an innovative design that can speed you along through city streets and country roads without ever requiring you to stand up.

The sit-down electric YikeBike tops out at 20km/hr (appx. 12 MPH). An electric chainless drive powers the…

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October 28th, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys future tech strange + wonderful technology

air board: the rich man’s segway

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If you think that the Segway is too expensive, you’ll probably be disgusted with the Air Board, a $14,000 (USD) personal hovercraft. Then again, it’s a personal hovercraft! The product page clarifies for us peasants that “hovercrafts are not just very unique and unusual gifts, they are actually available.” So we’re clear on that okay? Hovercrafts…

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October 28th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: just plain fun strange + wonderful technology

diy balancing robot rocks, rolls, then falls

DIY Balance Bot

This guy made a sweet little DIY balancing robot that balances without the help of fancy gyroscopes. It’s kind of like a poor man’s version of the Segway-esque A.M.P.bot, the main difference being that this one falls down a lot.

The robot uses a “simple switch as a sensor and stands on only two wheels…

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August 16th, 2008 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: just plain fun robots

ampbot: like a robot on a segway with a boom box

Segatoys Hasbro AMPBot

Hot off the presses is the A.M.P.Bot, a unique roller-bot that moves around using a gyroscopic balancing system that works much like the Segway Personal Transporter.

A.M.P. stands for “Automated Musical Personality”. That’s because the wheeled robot can follow you around and play your tunes wherever you go. When set to tracking mode, the robot…

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June 19th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys robots strange + wonderful

the uno: motorcyle meets segway

Uno Gyroscopic Motorcycle

Think the Segway is just too geeky for your Born to Be Wild bad boy lifestyle? Then check out this cool new motorcycle born at the intersection of Geek Street and Hog Heaven Avenue.

The Uno is a self-balancing motorcycle that uses a pair of gyroscopes to constantly keep its rider upright.

Designed by 18-year old…

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April 25th, 2008 comments (28) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing gadgets mobile tech strange + wonderful

pimp my segway

Blue and Red Segways

Got an old Segway scooter lying around? Why not give it a makeover and get rid of that drab grey exterior?

California’s Segway Junkyard takes the personal transportation devices and gives them new life with custom paint, metal trim and shiny chrome wheels. They’ve even made a version with a custom diamond plate trailer so…

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November 5th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: strange + wonderful

t-shirt of the day: segway beta

Segway Beta T-Shirt by Indie Tech

Me thinks this is the absolute funniest t-shirt design I’ve seen in a while…

Indie Tech’s brilliant Segway Beta T-Shirt is a must have for all hipsters, hipster-doofuses, geeks, dweebs, nerds and generaly cool people. I’ll be plunking down my credit card tonight for one of these $15 shirts.
[via preshrunk via Tcritic]

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July 25th, 2007 comments (8) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun

sony to compete with segway?

Sony Human Transporter

A recently filed patent application from Sony shows that they are working on a technology that is similar to that in the ubiquitous (and superfluous) Segway Human Transporter.

The patent abstract, titled “Vehicle steerable by movement of center of gravity” describes the invention as follows:
…a vehicle which can travel in the front and back direction…

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January 3rd, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: future tech