A few months ago there was a whole lot of hype about a new invention code named “Ginger”. Everybody who had seen it said things like “It’ll change everything!” and “It will be bigger than the internet!” Web serches usually lead to sites about either “Gilligan’s Island” or spices. Has anybody heard anything since the first run of stories? Does anybody have any theories on what “Ginger” is?
My personal theory is that it has something to do with a Stirling Engine, sometimes called an external combustion engine.
There were loads of threads on this topic at the beginning of 2001. The inventor is Dean Kamen, and the likeliest identity of Ginger (also dubbed ‘IT’) was eventually thought to be some sort of motorised scooter.
Ginger is the bane of the Race from the Turtledove novels, a spice from Asia.
Really, i have heard the motor scooter/wearable car theory as well, but i don’t think it will change the world, hydrogen fuel cells will do that.
