View Full Version : Segway minus one wheel...
draconacticus
24-09-09, 13:16
Soon all human limbs will become superfluous mwuh huh huh...
http://jalopnik.com/5366436/hondas-new-mobility-device-is-a-motorized-segway+style-unicycle?autoplay=true
:strange:
thezombiemessia
24-09-09, 13:23
You know...I thought Pixar were joking in Wall-E with the whole "humans get so lazy they become boneless blobs of flesh" thing.
Looks like I was wrong.
Not me. Ever. I'm worse than a hamster on a wheel, I go on and on and on forever. I start growling if I sit on the sofa for too long.
Kieron Baird
24-09-09, 13:31
Why would you want to ride around on one of those uni-cycle things anyway, half the time you would be better just walking, can anyone see one of those things being able to get up stairs or a steep slope?
draconacticus
24-09-09, 13:37
It's amazing the rubbish that gets invented. I was gobsmacked at the whole thing that surrounded the segway when it first came out - "project ginger" that was supposed to revolutionise transport.
This thing is even dafter, it's barely faster than walking. I'd much rather have a pair of power bocks and be able to run at 30mph!
thezombiemessia
24-09-09, 13:39
I'd much rather have a pair of power bocks and be able to run at 30mph!
Are those the Kangaroo Boots?
I really want them...I'd love to have a pair. I'd go running everywhere, because it'd be so fast!
draconacticus
24-09-09, 13:49
Yeah! That's the ones. Awesome aren't they?
I think the cheaper ones are about £100 and they reckon even new users can get to speeds of 20mph without much effort and jump 5ft. That's the future of transport IMO. *BOING*
thezombiemessia
24-09-09, 13:59
£100??? WHERE!?
Must buy... o.0
@Tenebra that's the healthy thing!
As for me, I've been on this game, on the same spot, for the past three days. I think I'll get one of those Honda things. Might actually reach other parts of the house that way lol
draconacticus
24-09-09, 14:10
£100??? WHERE!?
Must buy... o.0
I've seen some for £130 in an amazon shop, not sure what the model is like. Decent ones seem to be about £200. Poweriser seems to be the affordable ones. Look amazing fun.
thezombiemessia
24-09-09, 14:14
I'm going to save up now. Kangaroo boots are awesome, and it'd make travelling so much easier...
I wouldn't mind giving one a go. But if I had one I wouldn't use it.
draconacticus
24-09-09, 15:37
You could joust on them with friends :)
thezombiemessia
24-09-09, 15:44
You could joust on them with friends :)
Slowest Jousting Tournement ever...
draconacticus
24-09-09, 15:46
Slowest Jousting Tournement ever...
it'd add to the tension :P
thezombiemessia
24-09-09, 15:48
it'd add to the tension :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLlUgilKqms
"Nooooooooooo!"
Woodlandbunny
26-09-09, 10:58
Woah, that device is so weird, I can't imagine it being too comfortable after a while :blink:
I remember seeing those kangeroo boots in an advert once and didn't think they were real, then one day someone ran past me on them. They're the most awesome things I've ever seen, I'd love to have a pair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLlUgilKqms
"Nooooooooooo!"
Awwwh, I love that movie! :D
You won't see me in one of those, I prefer the traditional walking :D
Kieron Baird
26-09-09, 20:13
You won't see me in one of those, I prefer the traditional walking :D
Amen to that brother.