Segway Scooter in Need of New Innovations

Segway Scooter in Need of New Innovationsand does not need any fuel. Just like back to the
Upgrading because for all the hoopla it lacks the latestfuture ehy? It physically works. I once met the guy
and greatest technological advances and it does notwho built the first hydro cushioned car, looked like a
impress everyone. The Segway Team? Come on getlittle fying sauser, he use to drive it around in Los
with the latest technology will ya? Regarding this idea:Angeles on the 101 Freeway in the 1960s. He was
These guys are brilliant no doubt, but we could sendparanoid because the establishment had come after
them back to the drawing board instantly for limitinghim due to his mettling with big business and General
their ideas. Lets start with it's most basic component,Motors and the auto industry. I met him at Denny's in
namely "The wheel" is an ancient component and ifWoodland Hills, CA in 1996. His technology is now
you want to build something revolutionary, build itmoving 100,000 Lb. pallets with aircraft fuelalages on
without wheels and without touching the ground andthem during the production cycle in Everette WA. He
without need for re-charging. It can be designed better.also designed the hydro cushioned bullet train which
Here is how. Take Bruce DePalma's perpetual motionwas never built but was a project to travel people to
machine to make the energy, thus by adding such aLas vegas from Los Angeles on high speed rail, which
feature you would not need recharging and withoutwould keep the trains from touching the ground. No
the wheels you could move more weight faster withfriction means little lossed energy.
less energy. How you say? Well first off usingSomeone should challenge the Segway Team to
hydro-cushioned technology like is used on hover craft.further innovate and not cut the consumers short. The
And think you are only wishing to move a human bodyunit should continue the technological trend to be the
which we are talking an average of 250 Lbs. To dobest, quite frankly it is not good enough yet and that is
this and keep the air underneath you put a small brusha huge amount of venture capital to pay back for
guard system under the device where you stand.yesterdays technology even at $5,000 a pop. Am I too
Then blow 1-2 lbs. of low pressure air under it. Hardlyharsh on this wonderful invention? Oh probably, but if
any power needed to lift 250 Lbs or less. This will liftthe manufacturers are not in it to win it and will not
the thing off the ground.push themselves then perhaps we can help. We
So instead of wheels the thing is magic and hovers,should challenge these guys, so they can build it better.
way better and more state of the art too. Now put 18Considering the wonderful publicity they have gotten
small jets which move the air in the intended directionincluding the US President trying one out, why can't
of travel up to the gyroscope or small circuit boardthey inspire themselves to take this technology to the
which is a miniture laser ring gyro to keep it from fallingnext level, after all it is 2003 for God's Sake. Besides
over as you steer it by shifting your weight. When youby adding my improvements it could be used on water
turn by moving your body weight the devises jetstoo. You could cross a lake, rescue a sinking boat, it
move you from side to side while being simultaneouslyhas thousands of other uses, you could even sweep
running by the gyro. The system will prevent you fromthe drive way with it. Or build a robotic one which
tipping over like an F-16's system which prevents thehovers and sweeps for you?
pilots from turning too many G's so the plane does notI do not mean to be so critical but if you have that kind
depart from flight or the pilot black out. Now you haveof money to blow in venture capital, why can't you
a hovering mobile with gyro, works exactly the samebuild a better mouse trap?