Airwheel – electronic thingamy some Sydney residents are using to get about

Re:Airwheel – electronic thingamy some Sydney residents are ... by jessriedel on Monday August 17, 2015 @06:36AM (#10072213)

Cool! Am I right in thinking that "electric unicycle" is a somewhat misleading name since these things are self-balancing (forward-backward) unlike traditional unicycle which require a lot of practice?

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Re:Airwheel – electronic thingamy some Sydney residents are ... by heyrhett on Monday August 17, 2015 @07:00AM (#10072293)

I consider it a unicycle because of the word etymology. uni "one" + cycle, from Greek kyklos "circle, wheel".

Some guy showed up to the first meetup asserting that it was a "bc wheel", which I later learned is from the old B.C. comics strip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_wheel

I used to love those comics with cave people riding on wheels. Maybe that's why I like these things.

With regards to practice, it took me 2 weeks to learn well enough to travel a few blocks around the neighborhood. Other people learn faster. Many people come to the meetup and go a few feet on their first day.

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Re:Airwheel – electronic thingamy some Sydney residents are ... by jessriedel on Monday August 17, 2015 @07:42AM (#10072400)

Thanks :)

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Re:Airwheel – electronic thingamy some Sydney residents are ... by JulianMorrison on Monday August 17, 2015 @08:41AM (#10072559)

I propose calling them a "seg". Given that they are half of a Segway.

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Re:Airwheel – electronic thingamy some Sydney residents are ... by neverminder on Monday August 17, 2015 @09:25AM (#10072767)

So then falling on your face from one of these would be a segfault?

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Re:Airwheel – electronic thingamy some Sydney residents are ... by JulianMorrison on Monday August 17, 2015 @09:47AM (#10072897)

Segmentation fault (core dumped). Shoulda worn a helmet.

-- epitaph

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