Segway

[ US /ˈsɛˌɡweɪ/ ]
NOUN
  1. (trademark) a self-balancing personal transportation device with two wheels; can operate in any level pedestrian environment
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  • While the BlackBerry was a perfect example of a tech spade that is a spade—an obvious lasting trend—the Segway is an example of a hyped, short-lived tech fad. Ahead of the Curve
  • Last Monday San Francisco civic leaders voted 8-2 to bar the use of Segways on footways and cyclepaths.
  • But, I still remember some of the gags from the first movie of Martin, such as him rolling up in the Segway and ticketing the smokers in the park. The Pink Panther 2 Movie Trailer | /Film
  • The antithesis of the oversized SUV (you can fit four EN-Vs into the same road space occupied by a standard family car!), the EN-V is an upright two-seat urban minicar that gets its nimbleness from the same type of mechanics that the Segway uses. Yuka Yoneda | Inhabitat
  • The Segway, which has a maximum speed of 12.5mph and can travel around 18 miles between charges, was unveiled by New Hampshire entrepreneur Dean Kamen 2001 and went on sale the following year.
  • It's unclear how a Segway makes it easier to stop and talk to people than say a car or bike also resting at a hotel or person's house.
  • THE UBot whizzes around a carpeted conference room on its Segway-like wheels, holding aloft a yellow balloon.
  • Jimi Heselden was surprisingly little known, even in his native Leeds, until his death at the age of 62 in an accident involving one of the Segway motorised scooters which his self-made engineering firm had recently acquired the right to produce. Jimi Heselden obituary
  • By its very design, the Segway is uncommonly nerdy. Chaos Theory:
  • Oh and I dug a photo of him out on a Segway, which is a device that makes anyone look like a wanker. Tom Watson, champagne swilling New Labour scumfuck.
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