Stories about: Segway

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    Segway firm owner dies after driving machine off cliff 28/09/2010 02:07:00

    The owner of the company that bought out the Segway gyroscopic scooter early this year has died after apparently accidentally driving his machine into a river off a cliff.
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    The most over-hyped tech products ever 31/03/2010 13:43:00

    Rule number one of over-hype: just being talked about isn't enough. That's hype. The crux of excessive hype is disappointment, the gap between the pitch and one's reaction. Um, is that really it?
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    Homemade, soccer-playing robots compete for trip to Atlanta 30/03/2010 09:16:00

    Cheering crowds packed into Boston University's Agganis Arena over the weekend not for a rock concert or sporting event, but for a robotics competition. More than 50 teams from across the Northeast U.S. and three other countries brought homemade robots to compete in the Boston regional FIRST robotics competition.
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    Wii Fit Plus 13/10/2009 14:40:00

    In between counting the millions and millions of dollars Wii Fit undoubtedly made them, Nintendo probably paused with anxiety about how to follow the original hit excer-game up. Do you create an entirely new batch of workouts, knowing you've picked some of the best already? How do you satisfy the millions of customers who purchased the original Wii Fit while still making an attempt to reach out to even more customers?
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    Honda's U3-X Unicycle: a high-tech dorkmobile 25/09/2009 07:46:00

    Gentlemen, start your incredibly lazy engines: Honda has a new answer for those of us too tired to get off our keisters. Meet the U3-X "personal mobility device," a unicycle-like ride that makes heading into the kitchen for pie as easy as -- well, pie.
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    Patent reform bill meets opposition during hearing 01/05/2009 10:11:00

    Efforts in the U.S. Congress to overhaul the nation's patent system are again running into objections from inventors, pharmaceutical companies and small technology companies, which say that current legislation could destroy the value of patents.
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    CTIA: WiMAX demo 08/04/2008 11:04:12

    There was a lot of talk about WiMax at CTIA this week, but in the convention center parking lot, the rubber hit the road.
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    Weekly Tech News Update: April 04, 2008 04/04/2008 12:00:00

    Mac is hacked first at CanSecWest; Toshiba's robot helps control remotes; Boston hosts a robotic competition and Steve Wozniak talks on tech; Intel introduces a new Classmate PC; Mobile Internet Devices use Intel's Atom processor; and AT&T uses Microsoft's Surface computer.
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    Toyota premieres violin-playing robot 07/12/2007 08:26:21

    Toyota unveiled on Thursday the latest two creations from its robot project, including one that can play the violin, and said it is targeting the early 2010s for the development of a viable human-assistance robot.
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    Inventors protest patent reform bill 21/09/2007 08:37:15

    Patent reform legislation before the U.S. Congress would kill the value of patents and allow companies from other countries to steal U.S. intellectual property, a group of inventors said Thursday.
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    Wozniak on Apple, AI and future inventions 20/07/2007 12:14:56

    Steve Wozniak isn't perhaps as well known as his Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, but "Woz" invented the Apple I in 1976 and the Apple II in 1977, which was one of the best-selling PCs of that time. In this interview, Wozniak, who turns 57 on Aug. 11, talks about how he met Jobs, his most cherished inventions and why he believes thinking robots and artificial intelligence will never happen.
 
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