[thechat] what it's like to ride a segway

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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I particularly liked:

 When going up a rutted gravelly hill and then turning, David Reed had the
 unit slip a bit on the gravel or something. He, a skier, instinctively leaned
 forward to compensate. The Segway quickly moved forward. He instinctively
 leaned back real far. It quickly rolled back. We watched in horror for a
 second while he seemed in a two foot oscillation (he's over 6 feet tall).
 Then he remembered: "It tries to always stay under you." He stopped trying to
 "help" it balance and just stood straight. It stopped immediately and he
 never even needed to jump off.




Cheers
Martin



the image of the soldiers coming out of the plane is stunningly
believable...

   Impressions after riding a Segway HT
   http://www.bricklin.com/segwayride1.htm
   Dan Bricklin
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