What is the name and who is the manufacturer of that two wheel high-tech intelligent "vehicle"made un U.S.A... Two transversal wheels, one axle and the computerized position gravity control?
Two wheels...
Apr 05, 2004
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Segway. In New Hampshire. Product is also known as "Ginger" (its code name).
Superb engineering, poor sales, misaligned vision. Too bad. If you're interested in the subject, there is a brillianty written book titled "Code name Ginger" that came out in 2003. A must read.
Mike
Segway. Its gyroscope controlled
Segway.
From the subject, I thought it was going to be a question about 2-wheel cars - 2-wheels longitudinally that is - of which there have been a few :-)
What, like this one:
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mrcheerful
Sorry,
I thought also that someone might understand it as the question about child's scooter... ; )
I was thinking more of this one...
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Yes, love it, have you seen the gyro train they ran in Kent in the thirties, bizarre and lovely at the same time.
mrcheerful
No, and I used to live in Kent, though not in the thirties! More googling, I think...
If you are near Gillingham or Chatham then it was on your doorstep !! Looks like it was even older than the thirties though (memory fading) they say here 1909 !! Have a look here:
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here:
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here: (possibly the best)
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found details originally (twenty years or so ago) in a book on modernmarvels !!
MrCheerful
Shades of the maglev railway built in the fens (not too far from me)
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