# What's the latest on "It?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 12, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-it/86931 "2001-10-12T00:06:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-it/86931/1 "2001-10-12T00:06:33Z")
I did a search of the archives and haven’t seen anything new for months. Is it still the prevalent belief that it’s a Stirling-engine powered scooter, which uses gyroscopes for balance? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-it/86931/2 "2001-10-12T00:14:58Z")
It’s ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-it/86931/3 "2001-10-12T01:42:46Z")
it’s… ---
**Author:** ![Oblong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@Oblong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oblong)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-it/86931/4 "2001-10-12T02:17:09Z")
That guy was on MSNBC a few months ago with a new wheelchair that walked up stairs, would ride through sand and mud, and would go vertical to allow the rider to be ‘tall’. My wife, who’s a therapist, said it was the most wonderful thing she ever saw. Dont’ know if that is “IT” or not, but it was pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-it/86931/5 "2001-10-12T02:20:01Z")
Ah yes, Dean Kamen’s Ginger Project. I was wondering about this myself. [http://www.theitquestion.com/news/](http://www.theitquestion.com/news/) ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-it/86931/6 "2001-10-12T02:27:08Z")
Yeah, the wheelchair is his IBot (not Ginger), and it was last June. > **[MSNBC News - Breaking News and News Today | Latest News](https://www.msnbc.com/)** > > MSNBC breaking news and the latest news for today. Get daily news from local news reporters and world news updates with live audio & video from our team. Nobody on the Web seems to have anything on “Ginger” later than last March’s big news release hype, and Kamen seems to have moved on to other things. [http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/04/09/bot.battle/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/04/09/bot.battle/index.html) > [@](#): > > High school robots battle it out in Florida > > April 9, 2001 > Web posted at: 12:31 p.m. EDT (1631 GMT) > > From Ann Kellan > CNN > > ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) – The brains behind the mysterious “Ginger” contraption has been more than an inventor during his prolific technological career. Dean Kamen also founded a national robotics competition for high school students, the finals of which took place this weekend. I’m guessing that either it didn’t work quite the way he thought it was going to, or else he’s having trouble getting development funding for it. Maybe the world isn’t ready for a personal Stirling-powered scooter. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-it/86931/7 "2001-10-12T16:59:07Z")
There was an MPSIMS thread a few days ago. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92141](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92141) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-it/86931/8 "2001-10-18T09:14:09Z")
IT’s a teaser campaign; these are invariably anticlimactic. so it’s most likely Bulls\ ***IT** , but I’m happy to be wrong about this.