> I missed all the morning show things on it,
but I saw it on Drudge Report last night... It
looks kind of cool in a novelty sort of way, and I
would definitely love to have one... But not for
$3,000...

The man who invented it , Dean Kamen,
thinks that it will revolutionize modern travel.

"The single-rider Segway, until now known
only by its code names IT and Ginger, "will be
to the car what the car was to the horse and
buggy," Kamen boasted in this week's Time
magazine. "Cars are great for going long
distances. But it makes no sense at all for
people in cities to use a 4,000-pound piece of
metal."

I pulled that from MSNBC's report on IT.

Perhaps he's right, but it also makes no
sense for people in cities to spend $3000 on
a machine to ride around on; a machine that
only goes 12mph maximum and has to be
recharged every time you use it. You can't
carpool on it, and it offers no protection from
the elements, either. You could get the same
results from a bicycle for a lot less money, yet
you don't see majority of city dweller riding
their bicycles into work every day.

I just seems like a novelty item to me. I may be
wrong, but Kamen's aspirations for his
invention seem a little lofty, especially if that
figure of $3000 per is accurate. I certainly
couldn't afford one.