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It was brought to market in 2001 as the Segway HT, and then subsequently as the Segway PT. HT is an initialism for "human transporter" and PT for "personal transporter." Ninebot, a Beijing -based transportation robotics startup rival, acquired Segway Inc. in April 2015, broadening the company to include other transportation devices.
Segway Inc. is a Chinese owned, formerly American manufacturer of two-wheeled personal transporters, chiefly through its Segway PT and Segway miniPro product lines. Founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1999, the company's name is a homophone of the word " segue ".
He is the main subject of Code Name Ginger: the Story Behind Segway and Dean Kamen's Quest to Invent a New World, a nonfiction narrative book by journalist Steve Kemper published by Harvard Business School Press in 2003 (released in paperback as Reinventing the Wheel). [11] His company, DEKA, annually creates intricate mechanical presents for him.
It could be a company's worst marketing nightmare: its owner dying while using its product. But for Segway, the death of owner Jimi Heselden, 62, may become a more dire issue. Heselden's death ...
Segways have been very popular across a variety of uses but this invention brings the self-balancing vehicle to the next level.
Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world, got run over by a cameraman on a Segway right after winning the 200m race at the World Championship in Beijing. The runner's sponsors probably watched ...
A self-balancing scooter (also hoverboard, self-balancing board, segway, [1] swegway or electric scooter board) is a self-balancing personal transporter consisting of two motorized wheels connected to a pair of articulated pads on which the rider places their feet. The rider controls the speed by leaning forward or backward, and direction of ...
1620 – Cornelius Drebbel builds the world's first known submarine, which is propelled by oars (although there are earlier ideas for and depictions of submarines). 1644 - Adam Wybe builds world's first cable car on multiple supports. It was the biggest built until the end of the 19th century. [9]