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...fact, ordinary folks won't be able to buy the machines for at least a year, when a consumer model is expected to go on sale for about $3,000. For now, the first customers to test the Segway will be deep-pocketed institutions such as the U.S. Postal Service and General Electric, the National Parks Service and Amazon.com--institutions capable of shelling out about $8,000 apiece for industrial-strength models. And Kamen's dreamworld won't arrive at all unless he and his team can navigate the array of obstacles that are sure to be thrown...
...asked Grove what he thought of the Segway as a business. "The consumer market is always harder," he said. "But when you think about it, the corporate market is almost unlimited. If the Postal Service and FedEx deploy this for all their carriers, the company will be busy for the next five years just keeping up with that demand...
...know that the Segway will not do 100 percent of what they need, but they’re comfortable with the risks of an 80 percent solution if the rewards are great enough. For the Segway, these might be businesses like police departments, amusement parks, the military and the postal service, and they represent maybe about 5 to 8 percent of the total market...
Because of its versatility in traveling short distances, many companies have already ordered units for their employees. The United States Postal Service plans on trying to use Segways for mail carriers, and Amazon.com will use Segways to allow workers to move around quickly in warehouses. Many large corporations were provided with early viewing of the invention, so that they could place orders in advance...
...there may be trace amounts of anthrax floating around our vast and labyrinthine postal system. Does this mean we should all panic? Start opening our mail in a vacuum-sealed hallway? The short answer, as you probably guessed, is no. For a more considered response, TIME.com spoke with Dr. David Straus, Dr. David Straus, professor of microbiology and immunology at the Texas Tech University Health Science Center in Lubbock...