Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

This is IT?

Posted by michael on from the world-shattering-public-relations dept.

Dave (picked at random) and 8000 other slashdot readers wrote in to tell us that they too had been overcome by the relentless hype machine that is IT, Ginger, Segway, whatever. Read about IT in your favorite hype-dispensing media outlet, each of which thinks that it has an exclusive on the story of IT. Flash diagram of IT. Time. NY Times. Reuters. And don't forget to watch the advertisement, errr, "demonstration" of IT on Good Morning Consumers tomorrow. Update: 12/03 13:37 GMT by T : Segway's webmaster John Grohol points out the segway website as well.

4 of 1,787 comments (clear)

  1. It's world-changing! by szcx · · Score: 3, Redundant

    Steve Jobs has seen it and he said it would change the world. Remember the last time he said that? He was introducing the iMac.

  2. I couldnt use it daily, but I would like one. by BrookHarty · · Score: 3, Redundant

    My street is 45mph, it only does 17mph. I only live 5 miles from work, but we dont have bike lanes or sidewalks for me to use it. Most of the people at work live 20+ miles, not doable. And my laptop bag is too heavy to carry that far.

    Really, the only thing I could use it for is short trips to the store, but where would I carry my groceries?

    Before I could use it daily, need the roads to have bike lanes, and I need to carry a payload.

  3. Re:No Engine? by drivers · · Score: 4, Redundant

    It doesn't have an engine but it has two electric motors per wheel (4 total). Each wheel is independent so it can turn on a dime (no axel). Also, if one motor goes out the thing can still work with just the other one. It also has redundant "sisterboards". Also, the gyroscopes/accelerometers (5) are redundant in that their results are checked against each other.
    http://www.time.com/time/2001/segway/index.html

  4. /. needs a "Hype" topic with a picture of segway by cryptochrome · · Score: 3, Redundant

    Seriously... it's an interesting piece of tech, but I'll take my bike anyday.

    --

    ---If you can't trust a nerd, who can you trust?