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Toyota Announces the Winglet, Wannabe Segway Killer

Posted by kdawson on from the strange-marketing-moves dept.

Various gadget/toy venues are writing about the Toyota Winglet, a diminutive Segway-like personal transporter. (Toyota took over Sony's robot division a year back.) It comes in three sizes and offers about a third the speed and a quarter the range of the Segway; on the upside, it charges in an hour vs. Segway's 10 hours. Wired writes: "The Winglet is the first gadget to duplicate the celebrated, and often mocked, navigation system of the Segway Transporter."

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  1. Re:Range by penguin_dance · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why these SO short! Are they baby Segways or Segways for babies? The tallest is under 4' the shortest is 1.5' These don't look like they'd be sturdy enough for all but the smallest adults. And small children certainly do NOT need anything to carry them everywhere with no exercise. Kids get little enough of that today as it is.

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