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Japan: Revolutionizing the enabling of fat-asses since 2009
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Author:  Kaffis Mark V [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:31 pm ]
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Okay, I admit it. It's a neat idea.
Author:  Lex Luthor [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 2:29 pm ]
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Kaffis Mark V wrote:


Okay, I admit it. It's a neat idea.


It would be cooler if it had a back rest and a few straps and autopilot. So you can fall asleep and wake up at your destination, or read a book.
Author:  Darkroland [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:21 pm ]
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Pretty cool stuff. Also, I cannot wait for the inevitable videos of people completely biting it on one.
Author:  Müs [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:27 pm ]
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I like Toyota's better. ;)
Author:  Kaffis Mark V [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:39 pm ]
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Toyota's is a glorified wheelchair, though. And it can't strafe. And it's bigger. The one thing I can say that really makes the Honda concept appealing is that its footprint is tiny, both while in use and not. If you imagine these become prevalent in urban use, for instance, the Honda one is more practical by far. You have to park the Toyota chair at the ground floor, or to go into crowded rooms. The Honda is also much more maneuverable.

In other words, the Toyota has a lot of the same limitations as a Segway. Ultimately, you have to find somewhere to put it and get off. The Honda gets around that by being utterly tiny, and even allowing you the maneuverability and small footprint to use it in tight spaces/crowds, and even fold it up and accompany it up an escalator or elevator, so there's really no reason you can't keep it with you.

Ultimately, though, it's still a novelty. I wonder what kind of battery life/range it has? I mean, I suppose if you look at this as an alternative to, say, walking a few miles to work/shop in a city, it might be attractive.
Author:  Lenas [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:09 pm ]
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Author:  Kaffis Mark V [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:18 pm ]
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Yep, Lenas. Hence the thread title.
Author:  Stathol [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:31 pm ]
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This is all I could think of while watching that:

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"Would you like to sit on my face, ma'm?"
Author:  Shelgeyr [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:43 pm ]
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I was thinking of Prime Evil's flying pipe organ from the cheesy 80s Ghostbusters cartoon:
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Author:  Corolinth [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:45 pm ]
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So it's an electric wheelchair for people who's legs work.
Author:  Lex Luthor [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:23 pm ]
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Stathol wrote:
This is all I could think of while watching that:

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"Would you like to sit on my face, ma'm?"


This wasn't in the script of Caprica, right?
Author:  Stathol [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:47 am ]
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I bet it wouldn't have gotten canceled if it were.
Author:  Numbuk [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:13 am ]
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Remember when the Reebok "Pump" was a novel idea? People stole those shoes right off of the owners.

I expect no less with this nice, portable, and expensive device.
Author:  Kirra [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 3:49 am ]
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They better make the seat wider for when the scooter population cries discrimination because they can't use it due to hanging over the edge.
Author:  Arathain Kelvar [ Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:28 am ]
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Darkroland wrote:
Also, I cannot wait for the inevitable videos of people completely biting it on one.


That was my first thought.
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