Segway Transportation: The Way of the Future?

For those of you who have been out of the loop, one of the coolest recent developments in electronics is the Segway Human Transporter (HT). Manufactured by the Segway Corporation (www.segway.com), the self-balancing scooter is fast becoming a popular toy for big boys of all stripes, from police and private security guards to commuters to tourists.


The Segway, whose name is derived from “segue,” meaning a transition in music, is truly a transitional mode of transportation between pedestrian power and a motor vehicle. It’s engineered to be self-balancing and self-motivated: you lean a little forward and it moves forward, straighten up and it stops. No brakes needed, and you steer it with handlebars.


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