About a uni-Segway...
Say you made one with one ball instead of a wheel and you stood on a platform on top of the ball. The board would fit over the top half/third of the ball and have motorized wheels between the platform and the ball (somewhat like those old-fashioned mice with balls, except the uni-Segway would motorizzed the wheels inside it) Whichever way the rider leaned, the platform would roll the ball to be under their center of gravity just like a segway does, except this would go in every direction. It would not need a steering handle, but it would move without turning the rider unless you programmed it to rotate as it rolled to make the platform face the direction that the ball was rolling. This would then require the user to get onto the uni-Segway from one direction every time and would also make strafing impossible unless you turned you body a different direction from your legs (which isn"t very hard if you ask a marching band nerd.) I would rather just have to turn to uni-Segway through inertia and friction (like how you turn a rolley chair without touching anything) and then be able to slide right and left without facing that direction (can't you picture the military fighting with these and strafing back and forth on little balls?) It would be really cool to see someone do this, so if you want any help designing it, contact me at
pauluffel@hotmail.com.