Re:Lessons from the awkward life and death of the Segway
by Exmoor on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:26PM
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It seems like the ultimate lesson of the Segway is not to over-hype your product. I recall reading quotes from people who had seen the device back when it was just (IIRC) "It" and they said things like "cities will be redesigned around this new invention." When it came out people were unsurprisingly let down and the jokes began.
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Re:Lessons from the awkward life and death of the Segway
by cyberbanjo on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:57PM
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I can't help but think that they almost had it now that I see Lime Bird Uber scooters on every block. Close but no cigar.
Re:Lessons from the awkward life and death of the Segway
by ajmurmann on Friday July 17, 2020 @08:04PM
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Uber and Lime didn't create the electric scooter, they created the sharing/distribution model. Segway created the vehicle but failed at the distributing.
Re:Lessons from the awkward life and death of the Segway
by pbhjpbhj on Saturday July 18, 2020 @05:10AM
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It was such a supreme let down - like Kamen did to the World what sociopath parents do wrapping books in a PS4 box for Christmas.
The tech was impressive, but you can't drive it anywhere in UK (illegal on roads, illegal on pavements), costs a lot more than I've ever spent on a car, everyone seemed to crash quite badly riding them. If it had been an affordable, sit-on, road legal vehicle perhaps it could have lived up to some of it's hype as the future of transport.