Friday, September 25, 2009

Honda's Segway Killer



So I realize that I have not been keeping up with my Blog, and for that I apologize. I am finally starting to get back into the swing of things, and what better way to do that then by featuring one of the coolest things I have seen. The Honda U3-X Electric Unicycle is amazing. Based on the technology discovered by Honda for their ASIMO robot, this unicycle keeps the user balanced and all they do is lean in the direction they want to move. The user can move forward, laterally, and any other way imaginable. The really cool thing is that it appears that you are floating above the ground. Check it out:



Honda says that mass scale production is a few years away and that use would be mainly in airports and around offices. I worry however that us Americans would use it like they do in Pixar's Wall-E, and we would all gain tons of weight...