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Bombardier's Embrio: Sexier Segway?

Posted by timothy on from the for-modern-clowns dept.

Ridgelift writes "Articles at Wired News, Popular Science, and Forbes are covering Bombardier's Embrio. It's a single-wheeled, hydrogen fuel cell-powered, gyroscopically balanced concept vehicle. While the Segway tops out at 6 mph, the Embrio 'hits 35 mph in the learning mode alone.' Very cool -- looks like something straight out of 'Minority Report.'"

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  1. Hope the power supply lasts by MacFury · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Crusing along on a Segway and having the thing die would be bad enough at 12mph. Speeding down the street at 35mph in this thing, only to have it's sensors bust would give you a serious case of road rash.

    All the same I bet it's a fun ride.

  2. from bombadier.com by jbellis · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The Bombardier EMBRIO Advanced Concept is a one-wheeled recreational and commuting vehicle that promises a whole new experience on the road. Aimed at the 18 to 45 age group, this advanced concept prefigures the kind of user-friendly, minimalist vehicles we might be seeing - and using - on our urban, suburban and country roads in the year 2025.
    I don't think they're planning on starting mass production any time soon, guys. :P
  3. Stopping distance by Camel+Pilot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I noticed no specs on stopping distance. Just from the physics of a unicycle wouldn't rapid stopping be a problem?

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  4. Fun design. What's the point? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The design is really, really cool. But other than that, I don't really see the advantage of this. It seems to give no advantage compared to a normal bike, and has quite a few disadvantages (less space, more complexity). Throwing in a fuel cell-based drivetrain could just as easily (if not easier) be done for a two-wheeled bike as well - and would incidentally be a pretty good idea (with the electric motors in the wheels, you would get rid of the chain, and could have practical two-wheel drive).

  5. Re:dupe? by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You'd think the editors could actually search their own archives for the word "Bombardier" or "Embrio", wouldn't you?

    Is it really that hard to do?

    Jeez, you could write up a script in five minutes that would search a story for company and product names (hint: look for capitalisation) and check to see what other related stories there have been recently. Flag those for the editor to briefly glimpse over before hitting the "approved" button and you've saved yourself 99 percent of dupes.

    Again, is it really that hard to do?

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  6. Re:dupe? by stud9920 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    You'd think the editors could actually search their own archives[...], wouldn't you?
    You'd think ANYONE could actually search slashdot archives, wouldn't you ? Have you seen their crappy search engine ?

    the only reason /. readers notice dupes, is because they READ /.