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Japanese Engineer Develops 'WalkCar,' a Mini-Segway
rtoz writes: A Japanese engineer has developed a portable transporter small enough to be carried in a backpack that he says is the world's first 'car in a bag'. The lithium battery-powered "WalkCar" device is the size of a laptop and resembles a skateboard more than a car. According to the Reuters report, the slender WalkCar is made from aluminum and weighs between two and three kilograms , depending on whether it is an indoor or outdoor version. The aluminum board and can take loads of up to 120kg., and it reaches top speeds of 10 kilometers per hour, for distances of up to 12 kilometers after three hours of charging. When a rider stands on it, the WalkCar starts automatically, while simply stepping off stops the vehicle. To change direction, the user just shifts their weight.
Apple laptops are already pretty much an aluminum case filled with lithium ion batteries, they might as well add wheels to one and ride it to and from the Starbucks.
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
A frame to couple two together is in development for the American market.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."