How would you roll if you were a big baller CEO of one of the world’s largest electronics companies? If you’re Monster Cable CEO Noel Lee, on a tricked out gold-rimmed Segway of course. Oh, and look, a Segway-strapped admirer!
Finding yet another more useful application for the Segway’s balancing technology, the iFling robot is able to pick up ping pong balls and fling them at targets, all while effortlessly balancing on two wheels.
I still can’t quite decide whether this single wheeled electric Ryno bike is cool, or stupidly dangerous. Then again, I can’t ride a unicycle, so what hope would I have on what amounts to an electric unicycle?
The coroner working on the case of Jimi Heselden’s death last year has ruled it was an accident, seemingly due to allowing a dog-walker to pass him on the narrow cliff-path, making him reverse and fall 13m. [BBC]
Look out, it’s a remote-controlled Segway with a machine gun – shoot it! Australian-based Marathon Robotics recently sold eight of the robot practice targets to the US Marines for a cool $US2 million. Check out this video of them in action:
Guy rides Segway into carwash. Segway fares far better than guy’s bald head. Painful! Yay Fridays.
Sure, it’s an ad – an ad for Washington’s Lottery – but who wouldn’t want to joust with a friend on a pair of Segways? Or play polo? Just let me know when you win the lottery, and I’ll be there to help you spend it.
