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A Killer App For Segway

Posted by timothy on from the hopefully-not-a-killer-app dept.

cameronk writes "The NYT reports that Segway is developing a growing popularity with people who are mobility-impaired. My 94 year-old grandfather is too proud to use a wheelchair, yet too fragile to walk. The Segway seems like an ideal way for him to maneuver about."

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  1. Segway: Unsafe at Any Speed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just keep old Presidents off and everything will be fine.

    1. Re:Segway: Unsafe at Any Speed by xs650 · · Score: 5, Funny

      A 94 year old is almost as likely to fall off his Segway as Bush. The difference is that Bush is physically fit (although not fiscally or mentally fit). A fall from higher than normal standing height could be real serious for a 94 year old. A Segway for gramps is real bad idea, for him and for other people on the sidewalk.

      When I die, I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather did, not terrified like his passengers did.

  2. low-tech solution by menscher · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about using a cane? Worked for my grandfater....

  3. remember back when... by spacerodent · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would love to have seen the look on the faces of the people who orignally claimed segway was everything from cold fusion to Ai when they saw the stupid scooter.

  4. Perhaps "killer" isn't the word by yerdaddie · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you're talking about 94-year old folks, I'm not sure if you want to bill something as the "killer app."

  5. Segway or Out-of-My-Way by lakiolen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just wait untill there are gangs of partially disabled senior citizens roving around in packs forcing everyone else off the sidewalk, not caring who or what they run into and/or over. And then there's the Segway Centar which can only lead to who knows what kind of shenanigans.

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  6. Re:Sidewalk as battleground by Necrobruiser · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Segway for the Highway Now THAT would be something to see.

    Not for his 94 year-old grandfather. Then it would be a Segway doing 45 mph in the hammer lane with it's left turn signal on for miles.

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  7. Re:Not a good idea by mm0mm · · Score: 3, Funny
    Wasn't there a case awhile back were a Segway, if low on battery power, would cause the rider to fall flat on their face?

    Solution: Airbag-featured Segway

  8. Re:Sidewalk as battleground by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Segway for the Highway would definitely be a killer app, for sure.

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