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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… |
October 28th, 2009
DIY Balancing Robot Rocks, Rolls, Then Falls
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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… |
August 16th, 2008
Ampbot: Like a Robot on a Segway With a Boom Box
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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… |
June 19th, 2008
The Uno: Motorcyle Meets Segway
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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 |
April 25th, 2008
Pimp My Segway
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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… |
November 5th, 2007
T-Shirt of the Day: Segway Beta
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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. |
July 25th, 2007
Sony to Compete With Segway?
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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: |
January 3rd, 2007
