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- YoWhatDaFuxUp, on 06/29/2008, -7/+250Wear a damn helmet
- dha07030, on 06/29/2008, -8/+215This vs. any other vehicle = instant death
- inactive, on 06/30/2008, -3/+177It's called a Donor cycle.
- FeloniusMonkey, on 06/30/2008, -1/+128This is way better than the one Mr. Garrison designed.
- inactive, on 06/30/2008, -0/+106This vs. shallow pothole at high speed = instant death
- Glugory, on 06/29/2008, -2/+82I still want to see VIDEO of this thing in action. Does that exist anywhere yet?
- inactive, on 06/30/2008, -1/+57Helmet? That guy should wear a complete body armor!
- ddlow, on 06/30/2008, -8/+61Hmm yeah - but isn't that the same with any motorbike tho?
- annig, on 06/30/2008, -2/+3840mph... you'd really have to be out of your mind.
- paul2802, on 06/30/2008, -3/+39Faceplant!
- bassman12593, on 06/30/2008, -1/+36Am I the only one who thinks he looks like he's riding an ostrich?
- bosssmiley, on 06/30/2008, -0/+31This = New Golden Age of YouTube biker wipeouts!
- ysss, on 06/30/2008, -2/+33One reason to consider buying a model with an extra wheel:
http://tapespace.com/view/Segway_Faceplant - marabout40, on 06/29/2008, -13/+43THAT is pretty cool. Nice.
- dnields, on 06/30/2008, -3/+29"Uno + sudden breaking = face plant + facial surgery
Someone has been sleeping during physics class."
I think you mean sudden "braking", as in slowing or stopping the motion of a machine or vehicle. "Breaking" would be the use of physical force to separate or damage a solid object. That could certainly be a possible outcome of someone braking suddenly, but I don't think that is the meaning you were going for.
Someone else must have been sleeping during English class. - dupek11, on 06/30/2008, -13/+38Uno + sudden breaking = face plant + facial surgery
Someone has been sleeping during physics class. - graemee, on 06/30/2008, -1/+25Need stormtrooper armour. Like those Speederbikes. That would be cool.
- Monkeydew06, on 06/30/2008, -3/+27Not really, a motorbike has a second making it less vulnerable to flipping sideways and slantways and longways and backways...
Charlie Bucket: And frontways?
Willy Wonka: ...and squareways and front ways and any other ways that you can think of!
Either way, you crash of this thing, your going down, in an awkward position. - SpeedSteamBoat, on 06/30/2008, -2/+26You clearly haven't seen all of the Segway wipeout videos.
It turns out when gyroscope stabilized vehicles like this get confused they generally just throw you at the ground. - BrentDPayne, on 06/29/2008, -3/+26And I thought it would be scary to ride a motorcycle downtown. ;-)
- handheldchimp, on 06/30/2008, -3/+25This looks way cooler then the last time it was submitted to Digg!
- inactive, on 06/30/2008, -3/+22RICKROLL WARNING!
- crunchdigg, on 06/30/2008, -1/+21very cool, until you're sitting at a light and sneeze, sending you into the intersection.
- ericjohnson0, on 06/30/2008, -4/+24Yeah, but can you do THIS on it...
http://thesaloon.net/blog/_archives/2008/6/29/3767 ... - noahhoward, on 06/30/2008, -2/+22And? It turns out when you put a man into his first horseless carrage he's got a good chance of rolling it into a ditch. It turns out when you give a man his first steam engine he's got a good chance of it exploding. It turns out when you're trying to build the worlds first viable airplane you crash a few times.
It's called development, trial and error, if there are problems someone will find a way to fix it. - Sabretou, on 06/30/2008, -2/+21I don't see the Star Wars influence...
- PabloMac, on 06/30/2008, -0/+19That was added to attract eyeballs.
- noahhoward, on 06/30/2008, -2/+21Someone else who needs to read. The thing doesn't have traditional brakes an adjustment back will slow it. If you get into an accident with it you're likely dead anyway but here's an idea, lets let the engineer behind it sort that issue out instead of saying it's impossible.
- BOFH2, on 06/30/2008, -0/+16bicycle too?
- sandiegodude, on 06/30/2008, -4/+19Sure looks aerodynamic. Must slice through those 15 mph winds pretty well...
On a serious note though, the fact the inventor chipped a bone on his very first test ride doesn't garner much trust from me... Maybe if it had a front stabilizing wheel so you wouldn't faceplant the first time you hit something, i.e. a pothole or railroad tracks or something. I understand gyroscopes, but even they can only do so much! - meruru, on 06/30/2008, -1/+16No it still is. That thing technically has 2 wheels
- inactive, on 06/30/2008, -3/+18All of a sudden "unicyclist" is not synonymous with "University of Wisconsin-Madison philosophy undergraduate/Ren Fair performer."
- Kormiku, on 06/30/2008, -0/+13im still laughing... hahaha
- noahhoward, on 06/30/2008, -1/+13So... using substitution....
New Golden Age of YouTube biker wipeouts! vs. shallow pothole at high speed = instant death
So we can deduce that watching crash videos while driving on bumpy roads at high speed is dangerous. - PabloMac, on 06/30/2008, -0/+12Because it sounds better than "bio." Uno what I mean?
- inactive, on 06/30/2008, -1/+10@Hydroseeds
Well, considering you're the rectal ranger that posted a rickroll link, and then edited your post after I called you on it... - noahhoward, on 06/30/2008, -0/+11Someone please tell engineers to stop doing their own web designs.
- SkippyDoorknob, on 06/30/2008, -0/+11He's a big fan of the card game.
- Clark3934, on 06/30/2008, -3/+14Here are some *early* test runs.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10053542 ...
I have no idea if that link works for everyone. You might have to be friends with the creator of the bike to see the video. - chewbacca77, on 06/30/2008, -9/+20It only goes 15mph? I think he needs to keep working.
- lowriderjohn, on 06/30/2008, -0/+10i live in kansas. we don't have helmet laws and i can't remember the last time i even saw a biker with a helmet on. for a state that hates evolution they sure cater to darwin...
- uptwolait, on 06/30/2008, -8/+18When I ride a wheelie on my motorcycle, I get tickets for reckless driving. I'm guessing this would give my local law enforcement their year's quota.
- stucktildekey, on 06/30/2008, -1/+11Is it just me or does that picture of the kid make him look like a total douche?
- revjustin2, on 06/30/2008, -0/+9There is a lot about a Segway that I personally don't understand.
- noahhoward, on 06/30/2008, -3/+12Someone hasn't been reading. You lean back to brake which woul put your weight in a much better position for stopping from high speed.
- briguy200, on 06/30/2008, -2/+11It looks cool, but why is it called the "Uno" if it still has two wheels?
- cawpin, on 06/30/2008, -0/+9http://digg.com/autos/One_Motorcycle_That_I_ll_Nev ...
- Snuff99, on 06/30/2008, -3/+12Deathcycle.
- noahhoward, on 06/30/2008, -4/+13I think you need to keep reading.
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