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Photos: There's no business like RoboBusiness
Photo This is the Robotic Mobility Platform from Segway, best-known for its iconic two-wheeled Human Transporter. Players large and small in the robotics industry descended on Boston, US this week for the... [20 Apr 2009]
Photos: F1 tech races into the real world
Photo The F1 monocoque idea is also used in the BabyPod II infant transporter. This is a human telemetry system. The exhibition shows how technology initially developed for Formula One motor racing is being... [30 Mar 2009]
Segway to Europe?
News While Segway's Human Transporter scooter has been slow to take off in the United States, company executives say they see big opportunity internationally. The Segway Human... [14 Dec 2004]
Orange and PalmSource in Segway giveaway
News Awards are split into four categories, with the overall winner taking away a Segway Human Transporter. PalmSource and Orange have teamed up for a competition aimed at those developing applications for... [19 Aug 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.12.03
Round-Up The bottom line is that the company behind the Segway Human Transporter desperately needs to shift some units - only 6,000 or so have been sold since the grass-strimmer-on-wheels was unveiled two years ago. [05 Dec 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.10.03
Round-Up To be precise the Round-Up suggested that Bush falling off the 'idiot-proof' Segway Human Transporter (SHT) was an interesting test of just how 'idiot-proof' it actually is. Oh dear. It would appear the... [10 Oct 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.10.03
Round-Up There's a problem with the Segway Human Transporter (SHT). The SHT is the personal transportation device controlled by a complex system of gyroscopes that make it impossible for people to fall off them. [03 Oct 2003]
Glitch causes Ginger riders to fall off
News The recall affects all Segway Human Transporter (HT) models sold to both consumers and corporations between March 2002 and September 2003. Segway is recalling about 6,000 of its high-tech scooters,... [29 Sep 2003]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.03
Comment For the uninitiated, the Segway Human Transporter (SHT) either looks like a large old-fashioned lawn mower, or an over-sized golf trolley without the bag of clubs - depending on your preference. UK... [16 May 2003]
UK police stand trial on Ginger scooters
News UK police officers have been trialling the Segway Human Transporter this week as they look at the possibility of using the space-aged scooters to patrol the streets of Britain. Click here for a picture... [15 May 2003]
Ginger sales stall as reality replaces hype
News The Segway Human Transporter - the high-tech scooter otherwise known as Ginger - is proving to be an easier device to drive than to sell. Fourteen months after being marketed to businesses and five... [31 Mar 2003]
Segway update: Insurer offers third party, fire and 'Ginger'...
News A US insurance firm has announced a policy to cover the Segway Human Transporter - more notoriously referred to as 'Ginger' or 'It'. The insurance provider's offer comes as Segway is preparing to ship... [20 Feb 2003]
The silicon.com Yearly Round-Up 2002 (part two)
Comment Consolation present: A Segway Human Transporter, so he can show us all just how useful the invention he backed really is. Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems The mouth on legs has been on top form this... [27 Dec 2002]
Re:Viewing 2002 - Whatever happened to the dot-coms?
News Perhaps hoping to further spice up its profits for the year, Amazon jumped the gun on the release of the long-awaited 'Ginger' scooter (aka The Segway Human Transporter) in September - emailing customers... [23 Dec 2002]
Segway or the highway?
Comment Despite the hype, the use of the Segway Human Transporter is likely to be curtailed in many countries because of public safety fears. San Francisco County supervisors were debating the local future of... [20 Nov 2002]
