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Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff

(AP) -- A wealthy British businessman who owns the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway has been found dead in a river in northern England after apparently falling off a cliff on one of the vehicles, ...

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created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

GM Unveils Electric Networked-Vehicle (EN-V) Concept (w/ Video)

By 2030, urban areas will be home to more than 60 percent of the world's 8 billion people. This will put tremendous pressure on a public infrastructure that is already struggling to meet the growing demand ...

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created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Can PUMA Really Transform Urban Transportation?

(PhysOrg.com) -- With a June 1 deadline for settling its differences with creditors and unions looming for GM, the American automaker unveiled a joint project with Segway.

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created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (28) | comments 34 weblog




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Forget Segway: Honda introduces new UNI-CUB personal mobility device (w/ Video)

Honda Motor today unveiled the new UNI-CUB personal mobility device. Featuring a compact design and comfortable saddle, UNI-CUB offers the same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys while ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

New robot butler "HERB" can microwave your dinner (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- One of the big disappointments of the computer age is the distinct lack of robots in our everyday lives. For years we’ve all been teased by the possibilities of robots in SciFi movies and television shows, ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 15 | with audio podcast report

Weird gadgets at CES: Motorized unicycle, anyone?

A motorized, seat-less unicycle, a video game you control with your eyes, and a mind-reading headset that serves as a game controller were among the more bizarre gadgets being shown off at this year's International ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

MIT student builds self-balancing electric unicycle

(PhysOrg.com) -- If ever you go look outside at all the traffic on the road, it's hard to not come to the conclusion that what’s needed is a smaller vehicle; perhaps one that doesn’t take up any ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

iFling robot gets juiced for third design iteration

(PhysOrg.com) -- The team at the Coordinated Robotics Lab at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), which created the little iFling robot, says the iFling is now in the process of its third design ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 12, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Visions of a 'car-free future'

City centers could become virtually car-free over the next 20 years under new plans proposed by University of Leeds transport researchers.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 37

Electromobile, together

Not buying cars but sharing them -- car-sharing is practiced in many major cities. And in the electromobile future, city dwellers will use lots of vehicles and infrastructure together -- that is the idea of Fraunhofer researchers. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Buyers camp out for iPhone, though crowds smaller

Apple's latest iPhone arrived to an enthusiastic response from buyers camped out at stores Friday, but many observers noted the crowds were smaller than those that had gathered for previous releases.

Technology / Business

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple co-founder Wozniak Siri-ously into iPhone 4S

Steve Wozniak stepped triumphantly from his local Apple store on Friday caressing a new iPhone 4S and promptly told the gadget's robotic assistant to ring up his wife.

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created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A0: Monocycle chic from Audi not just for circus clowns (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sit down, take a load off your Segway ride, beckons a fold-up device that is a result of a design study. Audi, in collaboration with the Technische Universitat Munchen and Universidad Nacional ...

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created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog


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