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...million, Kamen's vehicle is a complex bundle of hardware and software that mimics the human body's ability to maintain its balance. Not only does it have no brakes, it also has no engine, no throttle, no gearshift and no steering wheel. And it can carry the average rider for a full day, nonstop, on only five cents' worth of electricity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reinventing The Wheel | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

Code-named Ginger, the Segway Human Transporter is the world’s first self-balancing scooter and allows a person to travel about 12 miles per hour. The scooter can run up to 15 miles on a single electric charge; to steer a Segway, a rider simply needs to shift their body weight and the machine will sense the change and respond almost instantaneously...

Author: By Zachary Z Norman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Long-Anticipated High-Tech Invention ‘Ginger’ Unveiled | 12/4/2001 | See Source »

Because of gyroscopes and tilt sensors that monitor a rider’s movements 100 times per minute, it is almost impossible to fall off the scooter. Segway is also designed so that when a rider steps off the scooter it immediately stops...

Author: By Zachary Z Norman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Long-Anticipated High-Tech Invention ‘Ginger’ Unveiled | 12/4/2001 | See Source »

...rider can also turn around on an incline...

Author: By Zachary Z Norman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Long-Anticipated High-Tech Invention ‘Ginger’ Unveiled | 12/4/2001 | See Source »

...million, Kamen's vehicle is a complex bundle of hardware and software that mimics the human body's ability to maintain its balance. Not only does it have no brakes, it also has no engine, no throttle, no gearshift and no steering wheel. And it can carry the average rider for a full day, nonstop, on only five cents' worth of electricity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reinventing the Wheel | 12/2/2001 | See Source »

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