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Friday, September 25, 2009

Tech Unicyclists? I No Longer Accept Your Existence.

Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 2:00 PM

… That is, unless you retire your old-timey, ridiculous looking unicycle in favor of this extremely awesome new-timey personal mobility device built by Honda.

It is a compact experimental device that fits comfortably between the riders legs, to provide free movement in all directions just as in human walking forward, backward, side-to-side, and diagonally.

So it's a cross between a Segway and a unicycle—for either the uber-nerd, or the morbidly lazy. And that's you, right?

Futuristic aluminum hat tips to The Presurfer.

 

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I sure hope there are henchmen on these things in the next 007 movie.
Posted by Will Radik on September 25, 2009 at 2:09 PM · Report
2
The morbidly obese who depend on personal mobility devices would crush a toy like that.
Posted by D on September 25, 2009 at 2:16 PM · Report
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Wow! a thing you can sit on that allows you to travel just as fast as you walk! What will these vanguards of human innovation think of next? Who wouldn't rather spend a couple thou on this than burn a few calories doing something as mundane as walking?
Posted by Beer Batter on September 25, 2009 at 2:20 PM · Report
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See, it's for the elderly or others with reduced mobility who could not otherwise walk as far as the range of this thing. Duh.
Posted by Jesus Fucking Christ on September 25, 2009 at 2:34 PM · Report
5
This here is a face plant just waiting to happen.
Posted by iwouldprefernotto on September 25, 2009 at 3:24 PM · Report
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Can you imagine an alien species landing on our planet and witnessing people using these devices and eating the foods we eat, living the way we live, that actually harm us, long term?
Posted by NIG GER on September 26, 2009 at 10:09 AM · Report

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