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Friday, September 25, 2009

Tech Today in Necessary Products

Posted by on Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:33 PM

So say you're on your Segway, on your way to work. Your idiot boss won't build a ramp for your Segway, so you have to park it out front. That means you have to actually walk around while you're at work! That simply won't do. Thankfully, Honda has invented the U3-X, a device that operates like an indoor Segway so that you will never have to take another step for as long as you live:

Thanks, Presurfer. You have introduced the internet to something that manages to combine the cool factor of both the Segway and the unicycle.

 

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Renton Mike 1
Only douchebags and those who won't fit on this will want it.
Posted by Renton Mike on September 25, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Julie in Eugene 2
Aaand, we're one step closer to the hover chairs in the movie WALL-E. Err, one click of the controller on a U3-X closer?
Posted by Julie in Eugene on September 25, 2009 at 1:51 PM
3
Shut up, unicycles are awesome.
Posted by The Capn at work on September 25, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Will in Seattle 4
Pass the cheeseburgers.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on September 25, 2009 at 2:21 PM
w7ngman 5
Top speed 3 mph?
Posted by w7ngman http://userscripts.org/users/89370 on September 25, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Urgutha Forka 6
So, this is like an improved wheelchair for paraplegics right? This isn't supposed to be for fully functional humans, is it?
Posted by Urgutha Forka on September 25, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Womyn2me 7
damn, I want one. and a hover chair. and a jetpack
Posted by Womyn2me http://http:\\www.shelleyandlaura.com on September 25, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Enigma 8
@6 The Segway was first designed as a better wheelchair, but lazy people will always take over the technology.
Posted by Enigma http://approvereferendum71.org/ on September 25, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Hernandez 9
As a co-worker pointed out the other day, this will never take off until they can figure out a way to let you use the restroom without having to get up off of it.
Posted by Hernandez http://hernandezlist.blogspot.com on September 25, 2009 at 3:46 PM
10
Can you let go of the seat while you're on it? that'd be a lot more useful. And yeah, it seems like the people currently able to use it are the non-obese people with a sense of balance. Like #2, I also thought of the hoverchairs in Wall-e.
Posted by lilzilla on September 25, 2009 at 3:52 PM
switzerblog 11
Wait, unicycles and Segways have a cool factor?
Posted by switzerblog on September 25, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Frau Blucher 12
LOL

I just imagined a whole office of these! Where everyone had use of one. Now that thought is a hoot!
Posted by Frau Blucher on September 25, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Zebes 13
Wow, it's like Honda specifically designed something with the express purposes of earning snarky internet comments about fat people. It's perfect for it.
Posted by Zebes http://www.badrap.org/rescue/index.html on September 25, 2009 at 5:09 PM
elenchos 14
I love how angry everyone gets over things like this.

AARRRRRGGGGHH! Unicycle for lazy people!!!! I'm LIVID! I can't contain the volcano of anger it unleashes in me!!!

LOL.
Posted by elenchos on September 25, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Greg 15
This is totally useless. WHY IS IT SO COOL.
Posted by Greg on September 25, 2009 at 10:49 PM
16
That just looks uncomfortable
Posted by Kobi on September 26, 2009 at 7:23 AM
kristinbell 17
Yah, I can see a lot of falling over for future users. If I could ride a unicycle, why would I go for this one over the manual variety? And, of course, I couldn't fit on it anyway. It would squash.
Posted by kristinbell http://kristinbell.org on September 26, 2009 at 6:11 PM
18
The "cool factor" (i.e. segway and unicycle comments) was sarcasm people.
Posted by too lazy to sign in on September 27, 2009 at 8:36 AM
eclexia 19
Will never sell in America. No cup holder.
Posted by eclexia on September 27, 2009 at 11:08 PM

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