Megway - New Competition For The Segway

mikep.maine writes "The personal mobility market is heating up. Witness this practical device featured by Megway. I already have one, but it isn't cheap." Check Yahoo! personals for availability.

name change imminent

[boarder]

If Lindows lost to MS, then Megway is certainly going to be sued by (and lose to) the Segway guys.

Of course, there are 2 comments and the site is /.ed already, so I have no idea how viable their product is.

Electric scooters?

[Moderation abuser]

How are these things better than electric scooters like these: http://www.zapworld.com/

Yes, they have lots of, well, as far as I can see unnecessary technology in them, have their wheels side by side which means they require all that extra technology just to function and are therefore ridiculously expensive.

The scooters are lighter, faster, have longer range and only cost a couple of hundred quid rather than thousands.

Re:and there it is

[amembleton]

Hey, perhaps Slashdot should cache such sites. Or even cache every site that is posted except for the very large ones, such as media companies and Microsoft.

Re:First post?

[AmericanInKiev]

For $1,100 i just purchased an electric assisted Bicycle.

It amounts to a $300 bike with a built in $700 electric motor assist.

The motor gets me up hills, and up to speed quickly so that I spend most of my 40 minute commute at the top speed of 19 MPH.

I look forward to the commute - and I look forward to pissing off the SUV commuters wanting to pass on a two lane xero shoulder road.

Highly recommended - plus I'm losing weight!

AIK