Culture Buzz Segways are dangerous death traps. The only people who should be riding them are mall cops and tourists.
Tech Buzz Please file under ironic endings. Jimi Heselden bought the Segway company in late 2009. Yesterday, he died after he accidentally rode one off a cliff at his English estate.
After being mobbed by a group of teenage girls (go figure), Justin Bieber took to his Segway scooter to blow past the crowd. Needless to say, the crowd overtook him pretty quickly.
GM and Segway have announced the Project P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility & Accessibility) prototype, a two-passenger version of the famous Segway that can reach speeds of up to 35 mph and last from 25 to 35 miles on a single charge.
Blam! Bl- bl- bl- blam! I do hope she's OK, though, because if I don't, I'll probably fall off my Segway in my giant room with my library friends.
Hey, that guy standing on a Segway while peeing looks a lot like Apple founder Steve Wozniak! We're going with the internet law of assuming Photoshop until proven otherwise, though it kind of doesn't matter, ultimately.
A Japanese show tests the theory that a Segway is so easy to ride that a chimp could figure it out. Worth watching just to see if, indeed, Mr. Chimp can master the steering controls.
Business Buzz Toyota has come up with a vertical, mechanized scooter (aka personal transporter) that’s meant to be a Segway killer. Can the Winglet get gyroscopic mini-transport out of the geek sector and into the masses?