14 posts and columns on Segway

DealsGoRound Raises Angel Funds to Be a Second Market for Groupon

in Commerce on March 23, 2011 at 4:41 pm PT

With the explosion of daily deal sites, a new opportunity is emerging to allow people who have unused vouchers to offload them onto the second market. Despite uncharted the territory, which is ripe for fraud, Chicago-based DealsGoRound is the most recent company to raise about a half-million dollars to pursue the opportunity.

Salesforce Turns Microsoft Stunt to Own Advantage

in News on December 9, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Tech companies often aim guerilla marketing at their rivals’ events. Salesforce.com’s big confab this week proved no exception, but the company managed to twist at least one attack back on the attacker.

From Hype to Disaster: Segway's Timeline

in News on September 27, 2010 at 11:31 am PT

British police said Monday that the owner of the company that makes the Segway was found dead after falling off a cliff…on a Segway. It’s a gruesome chapter in the history of an invention that was supposed to revolutionize the way we get around but that ended up going nowhere.

The Weekly "Screw Google" Meeting? It's Between the "F@%! Linux" Luncheon and the "Ream Apple" Social.

in News on August 28, 2009 at 1:19 pm PT

Get this: Microsoft has been holding secret “Screw Google” meetings in Washington at which the company schemes to undermine Google and prevent it from subsuming the businesses that took it decades to build. Those ruthless, conniving bastards. Strategizing to thwart a rival.
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The Weekly “Screw Google” Meeting? It’s Between the “F@%! Linux” Luncheon and the “Ream Apple” Social.

in News on August 28, 2009 at 1:19 pm PT

Get this: Microsoft has been holding secret “Screw Google” meetings in Washington at which the company schemes to undermine Google and prevent it from subsuming the businesses that took it decades to build. Those ruthless, conniving bastards. Strategizing to thwart a rival.
spy_vs_spy

Woz to DWTS Judges: "I'm Still Standing" (And Still Dancing as Bad as He Can!)

in News on March 31, 2009 at 2:38 am PT

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak revved his damn-the-judges juggernaut into high gear this week with yet another low-scoring performance on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” and a full-bore mangle of the Argentine tango last night. Interestingly, as the trio of judges dinged him for the fourth week in a row, they also tried to compliment Wozniak at the same time, telling him they loved his spirit. Oh, these judges know that a Silicon Valley mob riding Segways could run them down at any minute if they got too mean. “The judges have forsaken me,” said Woz, sounding more and more like a very appealing nerd cult leader. “But the geeks shall inherit the earth.”
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The Entire D6 Demo of DEKA Research's Bionic Arm (3 of 3)

in News on September 11, 2008 at 1:04 pm PT

We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May. Unfortunately, due to issues too complicated to go into, we have to post all the D6 interviews in several 15-minute parts (I know, I know). But–as many readers have requested–they will all be available in their entirety in this column. In the less contentious spirit of DEMOfall and TechCrunch50, two demo conferences taking place simultaneously this week, we’re happy to bring you all the demos we had onstage at the D6 conference. Here’s part three of three videos of the most popular demo, by well-known inventor Dean Kamen, who showed off his latest creation, the “Luke Arm” prosthesis.

The Entire D6 Demo of DEKA Research's Bionic Arm (2 of 3)

in News on September 11, 2008 at 10:13 am PT

We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May. Unfortunately, due to issues too complicated to go into, we have to post all the D6 interviews in several 15-minute parts (I know, I know). But–as many readers have requested–they will all be available in their entirety in this column. In the less contentious spirit of DEMOfall and TechCrunch50, two demo conferences taking place simultaneously this week, we’re happy to bring you all the demos we had onstage at the D6 conference. Here’s part two of three videos of the most popular demo, with well-known inventor Dean Kamen, who showed off his latest creation, the “Luke Arm” prosthesis.

The Entire D6 Demo of DEKA Research's Bionic Arm (1 of 3)

in News on September 11, 2008 at 12:41 am PT

We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May. Unfortunately, due to issues too complicated to go into, we have to post all the D6 interviews in several 15-minute parts (I know, I know). But–as many readers have requested–they will all be available in their entirety in this column. In the less contentious spirit of DEMOfall and TechCrunch50, two demo conferences taking place simultaneously this week, we’re happy to bring you all the demos we had onstage at the D6 conference. Here’s part one of three videos of the most popular demo, with well-known inventor Dean Kamen, who showed off his latest creation, the “Luke Arm” prosthesis.

Deka’s Bionic Arm: Demo

in D6 on May 29, 2008 at 12:06 pm PT

DEKA Research founder and Segway creator Dean Kamen comes to D6 to demonstrate his “Luke Arm” prosthesis. Named after the artificial limb worn by Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars,” the state-of-the-art bionic arm looks and feels to its user like his or her native arm.
DEKA Research Robotic Arm