Segway scooter inventor Dean Kamen freely admits it: He often suffers sleepless nights wrestling over whether to quit a project that's not panning out.
Actor Jackie Chan says his Segway dealership here is doing well,
though costs are high because the manufacturer won't let him
assemble the battery-powered scooters in China for fear of piracy
James Riseborough is 6-foot-8, and, as if that weren't enough to get him noticed, he drives what looks like a giant turtle.
FSB: Animal Attractionsupdated: Tue Apr 18 2006 17:19:00
James Riseborough is 6-foot-8, and, as if that weren't enough to get him noticed, he drives what looks like a giant turtle. Why? Riseborough, 41, owns Turtle Transit, which brought in $2 million la...
Organizers say this weekend's FIRST LEGO League World Festival might help save the planet, but for the thousands of kids putting their robots up against those of their peers, this is just plain fun.
Technology for the planet's poor countries has always meant hand-me-downs from the developed world--things like the automobile, coal-fueled electric power, and wire-line telephones. But among those...
Is the world getting better or worse?
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Fortune: A Costly Segwayupdated: Mon Apr 28 2003 00:01:00
While pedestrians do their best to avoid sidewalk warriors riding the Segway Human Transporter, insurance companies are grappling with another vexing issue: how to insure the new $5,000 vehicles.
I'm not sure whether the Segway Human Transporter will transform our lives the way its creators hope. But I can say that this battery-powered, self-balancing scooter transformed my afternoon. On a ...
You've just had that magical "AHA": A brilliant idea for a brand-new something-or-other. Congratulations. Now for the hard part, because when Thomas Edison said genius is 99 percent perspiration, h...
Money Magazine: Driving test: Segway HTupdated: Wed Mar 19 2003 15:40:00
I'm not sure whether the Segway Human Transporter will transform our lives the way its creators hope. But I can say that this battery-powered, self-balancing scooter transformed my afternoon. On a snowy February day, a large group of MONEY staffers and I took the opportunity to try a test model and zoom around the block-long hallways of our Manhattan offices.
TRANSPORTATION Segway Hits the Streets "It" is finally here. Starting today, consumers can purchase Dean Kamen's self-balancing Segway Human Transporter scooters. The vehicles have already attracte...
If you've ever seen a Segway scooter glide effortlessly uphill, you've witnessed the best attempt yet at reinventing the wheel. Take a slightly closer look at those Segway wheels, though--specifica...
Forgive me for feeling crushed. It's not that I doubt for a moment that the recently rolled-out Segway human transporter--you know, the scooter--will transform every walking moment of our lives. Bu...
In my boyhood dreams, I'd glide like a feather on a breeze, down hallways and through rooms, my toes floating a foot or so above the floor. When I took a ride on inventor Dean Kamen's already famou...
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