Build your own Segway!

[GT98]

http://www.tlb.org/scooter.html

Pretty neat

[ZokesPro]

It uses 20 RC battery packs, holy moly! Just the batteries itself will cost a lot, but it's a cool little scooter.

[Jammrock]

ROFL ... I can see custom modded, high speed personal scooters being the next true geek game, replacing Battle Bots and Robot Wars.

"John Walters fro Michigan is using a nice array Lithium ION batteries to power his 150 V racer over the obsticle course..."

Jammrock

[Technoid]

Still think I like a bicycle better

[Technoid]

There is no redundancy or backup system. It is not even robustly made. Loose wires literally dangle out the bottom. In the fairly likely event of the software crashing, a wire coming loose, a component failing, or the batteries running low, the wheels will lock and the entire kinetic energy of the system will be used to accelerate my head toward the ground.

ROFL

[MultimediaMan]

Well, the Old Segway wasn't far behind as far as the "undocumented feature" of locking up when the batteries started to dump.

I'd kinda like to build a something with the parameters of the segway, but make it an abbreviated scooter instead.

[ZokesPro]

There is no redundancy or backup system. It is not even robustly made. Loose wires literally dangle out the bottom. In the fairly likely event of the software crashing, a wire coming loose, a component failing, or the batteries running low, the wheels will lock and the entire kinetic energy of the system will be used to accelerate my head toward the ground.

LOL

Build it with an airbag that deploys when the damn thing locks up and throws you forward!

[K6-III]

Originally posted by Technoid
Still think I like a bicycle better

Indeed.