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Recently Canadian singer Justin Bieber was caught trying to get away from fangirls on a.. Segway. Unfortunately for him, fortunately for the girls, he failed. More »


As if Segway (sic) riders do not already look odd enough in their regular transportation machines, Colorware proposes to add more flair to the i2 by turning it into something that looks like a clown’s chopped up bicycle. More »


When it comes to personal transporter vehicles, Segway has ruled the roost for quite some time. And it’s not like we haven’t seen companies try to topple the king from its throne. There’s just something about a vehicle that’s been featured in a “Weird Al” Yankovic song that captures the imagination. More »


The Segway never made it into the public like the inventors had hoped. It was too expensive and no right minded citizen was really going to use it. But now, a Slovenian inventor Aleksander Polutnik, has taken the Segway concept and applied it to a unicycle like device called the eniCycle. The device is supposed to be so user friendly, that anyone can learn to ride the eniCycle within a half hour.

The eniCycle looks like someone chopped off Bumblebee’s leg and is using it to travel. I do like the idea of the eniCycle and unlike the Segway, this may actually catch on. It’s powered by an electric motor and has a self balancing system to keep you steady and on the eniCycle at all times. There’s no price or availability of the device but we’re hoping the price isn’t sky high. Check out the video of the eniCycle in action after the break. More »


Remember how terrifyingly awesome the giant tarantula from Wild Wild West was? Besides the freakin’ hugeness and fireball spitting part of it, I always thought the joint articulations and hydraulics were pretty cool. Based on kinetic sculptures of Theo Jansen, a team at the University of Louisiana have taken us one step closer to robotic arachnid hell with their Cajun Crawler, More »


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