Crave We've all seen pictures of the penny-farthing bikes from early last century. These are bicycles with a very large front wheel and a much smaller rear one. New Zealand inventor ...
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Crave The Orbis Urban Mobility Vehicle takes compact and portable to a new level.
I've always viewed the Segway as somewhat of a challenging ride. Firstly, strict road laws in Singapore ...
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Crave Researchers in Japan are developing robotic roller skates as a new form of personal mobility. Toshinobu Takei of Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) demonstrated his ...
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Crave The inventor goes full circle with the wheel.
The wheel is being reinvented yet again. This time, Solvenian inventor Aleksander Polutnik's brainwave is the eniCycle. Think of the foot rests ...
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Crave Segway, the guys who brought the world the two-wheeled Human Transporter which this little corner of the world, sadly, hasn't had a chance to test drive, has decided that four wheels ...
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Crave General Motors has teamed up with Segway (makers of the two-wheeled personal transporters) to develop a new electric two-wheeler capable of a top speed of 56kmh and travels 56km between ...
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Crave We've intimated before that the Segway isn't exactly our cup of tea, but we're frankly afraid of going down that route again for fear of reprisal. So without judgment, we herewith ...
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Crave Apparently the people behind the Segway are finally starting to listen to the incessant mocking of the personal transporter as the ultimate in dorkdom. The evidence: It's preparing to debut a ...
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Blogs Here's one reason you gotta love China. I mean, how can you not smile when you see cops decked out in SWAT gear, riding Segways? And look at the cute little ...
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Blogs Time magazine recently announced what it thinks is the top 10 tech failures for the past decade. Before I give you the list, let me first tell you how the publication arrived ...
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Blogs Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) recently announced the development of a personal transport assistance robot ridden in a standing position. It's called the "Winglet". The Winglet is a compact next-generation everyday transport ...
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Crave A Toyota employee displays a Winglet prototype at the company's showroom in Tokyo. She is riding the medium-size scooter. Toyota Motor on Friday showed off a new standup scooter that could ...
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Crave Dean Kamen speaking in Cambridge on Monday.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Segway inventor Dean Kamen on Monday detailed two of his design firm's latest projects aimed at the developing world--a water filtration machine and ...
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Crave Apple hasn't done us any favors with its popular use of "i" to prefix its model names. Now here's another one for the bandwagon, the iSlide. This doesn't come a hair ...
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Crave On Thursday, Popular Mechanics magazine will unveil its 2009 Breakthrough awards. Included on the list is a series of innovators, as well as a number of products, including this lawn mower, ...
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