[TomH]

Think of it this way, how many people own segways, who many people use them daily, and how many people think its a great invention. If it was so great, we would all have one, but its expensive and in some instances impractical. I am not all against the segway though, think about it, one less car on the road and one more segway on the sidewalk makes a difference. And if you want to be Eco-friendly, and if you could afford a segway, you most likely can afford some solar panels or some wind mills, and you could charge your segway for free. The segway is used by police and even the Mythbuster's Adam Savage. The segway shows up here and there, but its just not the kind of thing you can go "Hey, let me use my segway and ride around the block". Overall, Time Magazine is using statistics to rate the segway, and sometimes that is not enough. The person who wrote this article most likely, as it was mentioned before, had not made an invention of their own and does not understand how hard it is to make something like the segway. They might not understand the concept of the complex gyros and the way it works. Not all people who write articles understand the technology that is in this device, they might understand how high the price is though.