Three cheers for Dean Kamen and the Segway

[AmoryG]

I guess since this is the more active thread I'll post here.

Well, I've got to say the first time I heard of the Segway was in that song "White and Nerdy" by Weird Al.

"They see me roll on my Segway and I know in their hearts they think im white and nerdy!..."

I've always thought it useful, but I never thought it could be a replacement for the wheel chair.

[JaneYoung]

Once it gets out there, it's kind of like - well, what - else - can it do? That's the wonder of the continual discoveries and developments in science and technology and why they are so important. We often find that the limits that are imposed aren't really there, they are a creation of our own biased or limited thinking.

(I'm waiting to see an opera performance using Segways as part of the transport or props - the musical/theatrical world could really take off with these things, it just takes someone who can think outside the self-imposed box to imagine, create, and implement.)

[JBotAlan]

So I just kinda took this for granted and blew it off as a small idea. I joked a few weeks back about how if I lost my legs, I would get a Segway and it would be amazing.

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That's weird...

JBot