On May 2, 2005 06:54 am, Dave VanHorn wrote:
> At 04:05 AM 5/2/2005, Milosz Kardasinski wrote:
> > > Wonder if he can get Bush to crash test it for him.
> >
> >I think I would pay money to see this.
> >
> >I'm still waiting for the "revolutionary impact on the world" that
> > the Segway promised....
>
> There are two of them here in muncie, being used by college profs
> apparently, commuting about a mile or so, along the best sidewalks in
> town.
>
> Most other places have significant challenges to overcome, like
> telephone poles in the middle of the sidewalk, no ramps, or potholes
> that would swallow a yugo.

There is a better version of the segway for problems like that. I recall 
seeing a 2 wheeled version with the wheels in-line used for national 
park service (basically they travel the same foot-paths as hikers, 
including tree-trunk bridges and paths like that). The picture I saw 
was in some 1977 encyclopedia or something like that, and it was large 
enough to hold a patient flat on top of it in case of accident on the 
trails, so the segway is not new.
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