Word: segways
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...Segway Seeks to Conquer...
...Even though we said the neat thing about the Segway is that it doesn't require any new physical infrastructure - we can just exist on your sidewalks. You don't need to build airports, you don't need to put down steel rails, you don't have to build new highways, we get around on two little points like your tippy-toes, and we can get around on your downtown, on your sidewalks. So while we correctly asserted that you don't need new physical infrastructure, I don't think we fully appreciated how much change in the mental infrastructure...
...might say to me, "It won't be Segway, someone will come out with a better technology." And I'd say to you, you know, I'm almost rooting for the entrepreneurs. Maybe they will. So I'm not prepared to tell you in 10 years Segways will be the predominant alternative to walking. But if it's too far to walk or you need to go three or four times faster than walking, which is as fast as you can go in a downtown, I can't say it will be a Segway. But one thing...
...physicist's or an inventor's ability too produce new technology. The more different a new technology is, the more of an invention it is, the more time it's going to take. It's easier to take a small step than a big one. And the Segway, in terms of mobile technology, is a pretty big step...
...feels about how long it is taking for Segway to catch...