I’ve been riding a Segway for a couple of years now, but I don’t feel I’ve lost enough of my dignity. Is there anything that can make me look like even more of a nerd?
I get this question a lot from Segway riders. If you want to truly get in touch with your inner nincompoop, help is on the way.
Toyota has unveiled the Winglet, sure to be a ridicule-magnet. It has a top speed of 3.7 miles an hour – faster than walking but not fast enough to get away from a jeering mob with torches and pitchforks.
Toyota didn’t say when it will start selling the Winglet, or how much it will cost. A company executive said, “We first have to gauge the reaction of the people.”
I didn’t think Toyota would ever build something this silly again since they stopped making 3-speed automatic transmissions.
The average American would probably crush it.
I didn’t think anyone could out dork the Segway. I stand corrected.
Is walking becoming too passe? Do we really need a device to replace our feet? I am thinking that Wall-E is not far from the eventual truth.
#3 – riker17 – Is walking becoming too passe?
For some
#2 Yes, it truly is the Dorkmeister 3000.
I’m waiting for the new American version where you lie down and comes with a flat panel TV.
Combine the Winglet with that exercise pill http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=19456 and I can compete in the Olympics. (I won’t win, but at least I won’t have to make any effort.)
What’s next – the hover-couches from Wall-E ?
This thing actually looks like it would be a lot of fun, if the top speed was 20 or 30 mph instead of 3.7.
“faster than walking but not fast enough to get away from a jeering mob with torches and pitchforks.”
I missed this line 1st time I read the entry. Almost spit out my beer. Good imagery.
#8 – I agree. If it went faster, it might be fun but 3.7 mph just doesn’t cut it.
The guy who wrote the original article was damn cool.
next the hover boards from back to the future……..
soooooooooooo
how do you go up stairs with these things??
and really… i t is just an electric rollerskate………
The average American needs to walk more and ride less. If you are in some manner disabled these things can compute.
Will “>Woz play polo on it?
No, this isn’t dorky. Not at all…
Will Woz play polo on it?
No, this isn’t dorky. Not at all…
Mistype, sorry.
Leave it up to Toyota to make something more flimsy then it should ever be.
I’m waiting for the new American version where you lie down and comes with a flat panel TV.
Just like the ones on Wall-E? Don’t forget the Big Gulp cup holders.
Its not truly dorky unless it has robotic legs.