Young 'uns nowadays can't fathom how ridiculously overhyped this thing was before release... They called it "IT" and said it was so revolutionary it would force cities to adapt and be completely redesigned. They didn't reveal exactly what it was until it came out.
Whoever came up with the Segway failed to apprehend how important it was to the device's success that you don't look like a moron riding it. Not to mention that it was sold as WAY safer and foolproof than it really is (which you can easily verify by watching Segway crash videos on Youtube.)
From "IT" to Paul Blart: Mall Cop... It's difficult to overstate the utter failure of the Segway.
eek! that landed so flat I felt embarrassed for the guy. before it was released there was issues of Time magazine gushing about "what is IT?" and getting all frothy. Gets released and poof. Nobody wanted one.
Segway.
Young 'uns nowadays can't fathom how ridiculously overhyped this thing was before release... They called it "IT" and said it was so revolutionary it would force cities to adapt and be completely redesigned. They didn't reveal exactly what it was until it came out.
Whoever came up with the Segway failed to apprehend how important it was to the device's success that you don't look like a moron riding it. Not to mention that it was sold as WAY safer and foolproof than it really is (which you can easily verify by watching Segway crash videos on Youtube.)
From "IT" to Paul Blart: Mall Cop... It's difficult to overstate the utter failure of the Segway.
eek! that landed so flat I felt embarrassed for the guy. before it was released there was issues of Time magazine gushing about "what is IT?" and getting all frothy. Gets released and poof. Nobody wanted one.
it was going to change the world :(
it has - there's now tourists tours everywhere using it. >.<