For those people that have followed nearly a years worth of hype about this, Dean Kamen has finally revealed what his invention is (codenamed "Ginger"). After a lot of amusing speculation about what it could be he's told the world all about "IT"....

http://www.time.com/time/business/ar...186660,00.html

http://a740.g.akamai.net/f/740/606/1...ginger1202.jpg

"When you walk, you're really in what's called a controlled fall. You off-balance yourself, putting one foot in front of the other and falling onto them over and over again. In the same way, when you use a Segway, there's a gyroscope that acts like your inner ear, a computer that acts like your brain, motors that act like your muscles, wheels that act like your feet. Suddenly, you feel like you have on a pair of magic sneakers, and instead of falling forward, you go sailing across the room."

I want to see one of those in action but I doubt it'll prise me from my Impreza ;)

check out http://www.ginger-chat.com for more info later on today.

[Edited by Andy Mid. - 12/3/2001 11:57:15 AM]