Segway Hype Update

Most of us are familiar with the Segway scooter. This Dean Kamen invention was going to “revolutionize” personal transportation.  On February 25, 2003, I posted a piece regarding the Segway and Dean Kamen titled Talking Out of Both Sides of Their Mouth, wherein I noted Mr. Kamen’s first eschewing government intervention, and then lobbying for government intervention through one of his VP mouthpieces. On July 30, 2003, in a post I titled Novelty Item, I also mentioned the Segway scooter, noting that it was, a novelty item.  I also mentioned goings on about the Segway here in February 2004, and here in September 2006.

Today, I read this.

The device that was supposed to revolutionize urban transportation seems unable to even hold on to a proper fan club.

The Segway Enthusiasts Group of America is disbanding because of inactivity and an absence of candidates for its board of directors, said the group’s treasurer, Fred Kaplan.

The Segway, from the beginning, was all hype, and it will end that way also.

Segway Fan Club Disbands Due to Lack of Interest

Via the Wall Street Journal’s Best of the Web.

Posted by on 08/09 at 12:26 PM

  1. If there had been a market for the Segway, the guys who came up with the Chariot - depended on trailing casters instead of sophisticated software for its stability - would have made a killing.

    Posted by triticale  on  08/09  at  09:39 PM

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