I just thought of this incredible idea.
You know how Segway has that Off-Road one now? How about an attachment that’s a Lawn Mower? I have a relatively small back yard, and I think that would be perfect for it. Play Devil’s Advocate and tell me why that woudn’t work. I can’t think of a reason.
Add your own awesome ideas while you’re at it.
Small yard = hand mower.
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I foresee problems with bumpy terrain. Good idea, though. 
how will you power the blades? Otherwise, love it.
It’s really been done in the form of a riding lawn mower. I see no advantage. With remote control or auto-pilot, maybe it has something going for it.
Riding a Segway off a cliff: Bad.
To be followed over the cliff by a spinning blade: Bad X 2
Other than that, even the ZTR owners will be ‘green’ with envy.
Okay, here’s my awesome idea;
I want an inflatable, kiddie pool sort of thing. It should hold about 18" of water, be just larger than a double bed, have two integrated backrest ish things, (facing each other, end to end), and not in some hideous Fisher Price colours, perhaps solid Navy blue, and pretty durable so I don’t have to worry where I set it. Maybe cupholders would be a nice touch, but no cheesy inflatable palm trees, thanks anyway.
When it’s stinking hot and humid, and I can’t get to the beach, it’d be awesome. Not take long to set up, no pool maintenance, pumps, yada, yada, easy to tear down. Room for two adults to recline - perfect! I’m thinking I’d pay 30 - 50 $ for such an item.
This would never get insurance, but:
You take a catapult or spring loaded cannon. You point it up a big hill of soft dirt. You calculate the passenger’s weight, the angle of attack, the loading on the catapult/cannon, factor in air resistance – and shoot the guy way up in the air so that just as he reaches the apogee of his parabolic course, he drops onto soft loam, grass, whatever with effectively zero velocity/impact. Look ma, I’m flying!
When I was a kid we would push the handle on the self-propelled mower forward over the engine and stand on the deck straddling the engine and drive around. It’s a pretty close comparison. It was an easy way to cause bodily harm, but we managed to remain intact, mainly because it’s not really all that much fun so it got boring fast, and the mower could barely move on a slight upward incline. But I guess if people buy Segways, they’d buy anything.
Well, if it was a gentle slope, there would be a significant horizontal velocity still to contend with. If it was a steep slope, you’d have a tough time clinging on after you land.
Will you settle for four backrests? Can’t speak to the quality of this one, but these sorts of pools exist. I’ve seen various models over the years.
How about one I can share with my dog? Inflatables tend to be puncturable by doggie toenails.
I looked for a hard plastic one this summer, but they don’t make them large enough.
When I was younger, my idea was sort of the reverse of yours.
Go to the top of a mountain or cliff or some really high place and then jump off! The idea is, there is a type of very, very steep sliding board that eventually you would feel on your back and it would gradualy start curving until you gracefully were going horizontal until you stopped.
Think of the biggest, steepest sliding board you can imagine, and multiply that by 1000 and that was pretty much what I had envisioned back then.
Ironically, the owner of the Segway corporation died this way (minus the lawnmower attachment). Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, sold his company to a British businessman named Jimi Heselden in 2010. Last September Heselden rode his Segway off a cliff and died of his injuries.
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I heard it clear over here.
How about this: Presets on cruise control. Can’t there just be a button that says “65” that you press to get the car up to 65 and maintain that speed? it’s quite possible that cars now have this. No idea
Or this idea: Sometimes when we go to the movies we have to pay for parking, the movie ticket and then food all seperately. How about a voucher that can be purchased online that will cover all three? You simply pay for the parking, ticket and whatever food you want all at once! Then print it and go to the movie!
I’ve had this idea a lot of times. In fact, I was thinking about it just before I read your post.
Seems kind of dangerous. Hitting the wrong preset -say 65 in a 30 zone - could cause some serious accidents and problems. The current method of cruise control requires the driver to actually choose a speed - thereby being involved in the act of driving and conscious of the choices made. Too much automation and people become complacent; there’s enough distracted driving going on at the moment that I’m not sure I (and car manufacturers) want to risk having drivers bowl over school kids or whatever because they hit the wrong preset speed. But that’s just my opinion - there may be a bigger upside that I’m not thinking of?
I’ve never seen a movie theatre with paid parking, unless the parking was just street/municipal parking. Theatres around here do let you purchase the food and movie tickets at once, if you use the automated ticket machines or online rather than going to the teller.