The Glade 4.0

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

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

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.

Pretty cool stuff. Also, I cannot wait for the inevitable videos of people completely biting it on one.

I like Toyota's better.

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Holy shitsnacks!

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.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Yep, Lenas. Hence the thread title.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

This is all I could think of while watching that:



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

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

I was thinking of Prime Evil's flying pipe organ from the cheesy 80s Ghostbusters cartoon:

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

So it's an electric wheelchair for people who's legs work.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

This wasn't in the script of Caprica, right?

I bet it wouldn't have gotten canceled if it were.

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

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.

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

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.

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti

That was my first thought.