Toyota Winglet Segway-Clone

tweakmonkey · 08-02-2008, 01:22 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VqV2z7dq3M

The little one does look like kind of cool, but I'd put a much faster motor into it.
Toyota Announces Segway Killer: The Winglet Personal Transporter | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

The race to find a replacement for walking is now international!

b00gerflick3r · 08-02-2008, 01:26 PM

I swear in 1000 years some kid is gonna be born with wheels.

MovingTarget · 08-02-2008, 01:41 PM

And just like the movie Wall-E humans won't have to walk anywhere and get over 700lbs and the machines are doing everything for us.....

MSP · 08-02-2008, 05:07 PM

Yet another device to combat an existing good solution and turn it into a problem. People need to walk MORE, not less.

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MovingTarget Uber Noob Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,807 (#55 ) My photos: 69 Thanked 2x in 2 posts	And just like the movie Wall-E humans won't have to walk anywhere and get over 700lbs and the machines are doing everything for us.....
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b00gerflick3r Old School "Lurker" Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 360 (#133 ) My photos: 28 Thanked 2x in 2 posts	I swear in 1000 years some kid is gonna be born with wheels.

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