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Is This Really A ‘Million Dollar Segway’?

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5:00PM January 12, 2012 | Ben Dunlop

Yesterday, you may have seen Giz catch Monster Cable CEO Noel Lee on a tricked out gold-rimmed Segway. Ridiculous as that was, we’ve now got video — and if you listen carefully, you can hear his assistant remarking that’s a “million dollar Segway”. Here’s hoping that’s hyperbole – not literal fact. We’ll let you decide. More »


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Video: Cricket Cameraman’s Epic Segway Crash

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7:00PM December 27, 2011 | Danny Allen

Here’s some cricket coverage even Giz can get behind (well, in a schadenfreude sort of way). As Australia came back from lunch to bowl against India today, this Channel 9 cameraman hit a helmet and stacked his Segway on live TV. So…apparently you can fall off a Segway, and who knew they had them at the cricket? More »


Segway Concept Emboldens Mall Security With Aggressive Lines, Comfy Seats

9:00AM October 12, 2009 | Jack Loftus

Behold, today’s dose of mall cop pornography. More »


What Kind of Home Would Segway Inventor Dean Kamen Live In?

10:00AM May 22, 2009 | Jason Chen

One without a whole bunch of ramps, surprisingly. The interior has living spaces and working spaces, housing both a lab and a crazy wooden maze of banisters and staircases.

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Light Saber Jousting With Segways

11:00AM May 5, 2009 | John Mahoney

Vice TV, going where no other news outlets dare: This time, it’s Segway instruction from an NYC weirdo named Itsy, then stage combat light saber lessons with the NYC Jedi Academy in Brooklyn. Then, fight!

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Reader Email: Why We Should Stop Picking on Segway

3:04PM February 20, 2009 | Brian Lam

Dean Kamen is brilliant, but I’ve always felt Segways were kinda for lazy people. Well, I did think that, until I got this email from Allen, a segway using reader with a disability. Doh!

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Segway Shirt Clarifies Just How You ‘Roll’

5:50AM February 5, 2009 | Mark Wilson

In case your obnoxious Segway weren’t clarification enough, this Segway shirt reading “that’s how I roll” should set things straight. Donning Dean Kamen’s matching denim pants/denim shirt combo also works. [ExBoyfriend via ShinyShiny]

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Four Segways Enter, Three Segways Leave (One Faceplants)

2:42PM January 29, 2009 | Jason Chen

There’s nothing more you have to do than point and laugh at this poor woman and her Segway. You would have thought the other woman would be the one to eat it, karmically speaking. [BBG]

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Dean Kamen Struggles With The Idea Of Giving Up On The Segway

10:30AM January 17, 2009 | Sean Fallon

A recent CNN interview has revealed that Segway inventor Dean Kamen often loses sleep about giving up on a project that he knows deep down will never pan out.

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Segway Office Skiing Looks Like a Fun, Potential Lawsuit Source

9:00AM January 3, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

At last, a really useful application for the Segway: Office skiing. Just attach a cable and go. It needs a homemade hoverboard for maximum speed and broken bones, but hopefully that will come soon. [Crunchgear]

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