I want one!
Yes, but how are you going to get a 400 lb. dude (or chick) on that thing? They’d need the monster truck version.
I’d love for someone to remake that commercial for the prototype personal mobility device: the Feet.
Considering this is a prototype, I think it pretty dang cool.
But I am a geek so this kind of stiff always looks cool to me.
The retro-futuristic look was nice.
But, I’ll bet there was a VERY good reason why the two women were relatively petite.
Great. Yet another labor-saving device, so Americans can get even FATTER than they are now. Soon we won’t even have to *walk *anymore. Sheesh.
if they came up with a ‘monster truck version’ it would make a nice substitute for a standard power chair for me - with that thing one could almost open a door like a normal person can. Just depends on how twitchy it is to balance, if it doesnt have a serious gyro in the top of it, I would be absolutely hosed.
I’d rather have the HondaJet.
Or the PiperJet.
If this can handle handicapped people of whatever size, this is awesome. If it gets bought mostly by mobile but lazy people- crap.
Exactly. It’s pretty cool IF it works for people with impaired mobility. My Dad, for example, had to have his ankle fused a few years ago, and it gets sore if he’s on it for more than an hour or so. Something like this would be great for him if it was ready for prime time - that is, it could accommodate a larger person, and was stable on standard terrain like city streets and sidewalks.
Wow. I love to walk, but that thing is f’n cool.
Fine. You take the brunette, I get the blonde.
I saw these last year at the Tokyo Motor Show. They had people on stage dancing around with Asimo and riding these things. They looked like a lot of fun.
That’s the worst porno I’ve ever seen.
Yeah, I had to stop it as the music really got into the boom chicka.
It seems to me that fineness of control would necessarily be inversely proportionate to the rider’s mass.
I would think that a 200lbs person would find themselves jerked around more than is practical.
That thing is ridiculous.
I think it might have a few niche uses, like the Segway, but we need our exercise too. And didn’t I see that wheel in the book The Spaceships of Ezekiel when I was in high school?
They didn’t show how it works in the shower. 
Ya know when they came out with the Segway I thought it was useless. If I’m standing I might as well be walking. But this? This is a thing of beauty to my fat lazy ass. Oh yes, I’d love it.
How much do it cost?