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  • iPhone 4 launch day line watch (update: Woz in action)

    iPhone 4 launch day line watch (update: Woz in action)

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments

    From the London store
    Welcome to the latest installment of our annual tradition: the iPhone launch day queue experience in pictorial form. London's getting the party started early (not as early as some, admittedly) with a sizable crowd turning the corner from the Apple Store at Regent Street, but we'll keep this post updated with imagery from all over the place. Wouldn't mind if you helped us out with a few of your own pics, either. You know where to send them in by now, and once you've done that, feel free to slide past the break to see how everyone else is doing it.

    Update: Now with reports from San Francisco!

    Update 2:     NY joins the fray!

    Update 3: We added some of the more interesting reader-submitted stories.

    Update 4: Reports from Palo Alto and San Jose, California!

    Update 5: London's doors have swung open and we're now busy activating our brand new Apple phones.

    Update 6: Woz and his Segway make their regular appearance at the San Jose Valley Fair Apple Store.

    Update 7: We're adding a bunch of reader reports. Even as Apple opens its doors to pre-orderers in the US, the lines remain crazy.

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  • Videos: Mobile robot RODEM

    Videos: Mobile robot RODEM

    Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
    There's certainly no shortage of so-called mobility robots, but major Japanese robot maker tmsuk's offering seems to be quite cool. In fact, the RODEM (short for "Robot De Enjoy Mobility") is being pitched as a mix between robot, wheelchair and ultra-small vehicle (or "Universal Vehicle" [JP, PDF], in tmsuk's marketing language).

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  • Videos: Toyota’s amazing violin-playing robot

    Videos: Toyota’s amazing violin-playing robot

    Posted on May 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Toyota has never been known as an auto maker that's really active in the robotics area (as opposed to Honda, for example), at least when it comes to producing robots with high show value. There are two exceptions though: one is Winglet, the Segway-like robotic vehicle Toyota showed in 2008, and the other is a violin-playing humanoid that made its debut back in 2007.

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  • Hands-on with Honda’s U3-X, the amazing people mover

    Hands-on with Honda’s U3-X, the amazing people mover

    Posted on April 6, 2010 | No Comments
    Step aside Segway, because this is amazing. This U3-X is a tiny unicycle like people mover designed for folks with debilitating injuries or problems walking. You sit on it, put your feet on a pair of pedals, and move your body to move forward, backwards, and even side to side. It's amazingly small and lasts one hour on a charge. Jimin and I tried the U3-X in a ballroom in Times Square and both of us came away impressed. It is completely self righting and to ride it you just move your body in the direction you want to go. The wheels-within-wheels system allows for 360-degree motion.

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  • New video shows Honda’s U3-X Personal Mobility Robot in its full prototype glory

    New video shows Honda’s U3-X Personal Mobility Robot in its full prototype glory

    Posted on March 31, 2010 | No Comments
    Remember the U3-X Mobility Robot from Honda we blogged about last year? Well, the auto-unicycle is still a prototype, but Honda has just released a new (and pretty interesting) promo video on its official YouTube channel. The company says the U3-X can run continuously for one hour on a single (lithium-ion) battery charge and can be recharged via a conventional 120-volt power outlet.

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  • Daily Crunch: Dog Days Edition

    Daily Crunch: Dog Days Edition

    Posted on March 26, 2010 | No Comments
    DIY Segway skateboard. Yeah, you read that right: DIY Flasks disguised as electronics let you get your drink on like a blogger Apple patent watch: sun-lit displays WhiteyBoard: An instant whiteboard for your instant office Dog high chair

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  • DIY Segway skateboard. Yeah, you read that right: DIY

    DIY Segway skateboard. Yeah, you read that right: DIY

    Posted on March 25, 2010 | No Comments
    I know of only one person who would be able to build this thing - my buddy Paul - but I would totally grab a beer and watch him solder everything together and then ride around on this thing like a little freak. Heck, if you try to build this, tell me and we'll come by and film you riding it. Seriously. The instructions are pretty complex and you need quite a few parts, including a powerful motor and a go kart wheel.

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  • Wheelie: Toshiba’s new robot is cute, autonomous and maybe even useful (video)

    Wheelie: Toshiba’s new robot is cute, autonomous and maybe even useful (video)

    Posted on March 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Toshiba is a huge company, but it's not necessarily known as a maker of robots. Their "Wheelie" for indoor use is an autonomous, 2-wheeled robot, which is still in prototype stage and somehow reminiscent of a Segway in its basic design.

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  • Mantys is part motorized scooter, part golf cart, and a pinch of Segway

    Mantys is part motorized scooter, part golf cart, and a pinch of Segway

    Posted on February 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Oh I like this very much. Very much indeed. The Mantys (or “MANTYS” as the company shouts) is a personal motorized golf cart that’s steered simply by shifting your weight. It weighs just 45 pounds, has a top speed of 12.5 miles per hour, and can go for 36 holes before needing to be recharged. At the end of the day, the Mantys folds down for easy transport.

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  • Segway Acquired By UK-Based Firm, CEO Out

    Segway Acquired By UK-Based Firm, CEO Out

    Posted on January 14, 2010 | No Comments
    With no fanfare to speak of, Segway Inc, the company behind the gyroscope-powered, self balancing scooters, has been acquired by a UK-based firm. The news was first reported this morning Mass High Tech, and has since been confirmed on Segway's official blog. Segway has also confirmed that CEO James Norrod is no longer with the company. According to a forum post, the new CEO is Tricia Laidler. Segway's post indicates that the company is now owned by a UK-based firm backed by an investor in Segway U.K., which is independently owned.
    Segway Inc. is pleased to announce that in connection with a merger that occurred on December 24, 2009, Segway was acquired by a company that is based in the United Kingdom.  The acquiring company is backed by Jimi Heselden, a prominent U.K. businessman and the Chairman of Hesco Bastion.  Mr. Heselden is also an investor in the independently owned Segway U.K. distributorship. Additionally, Segway also received funding that will be used to support the continued growth of the company.

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  • Indoor Personal Mobility Robot (video)

    Indoor Personal Mobility Robot (video)

    Posted on January 13, 2010 | No Comments
    It's always good to hear that some robot makers are focusing on the development of machines that actually have the potential of helping people in their everyday life. And the so-called Indoor Personal Mobility Robot, which is particularly geared towards the elderly, is certainly one good example. The main idea behind the robot is to make life easier for people who have trouble moving indoors. It's designed so that you can actually sit in it and, much like a Segway, "drive" around in your house by moving your upper body. Face your body forward, for example, and the robot will move accordingly, and the best thing is that even people who aren't able to use their hands can use it (you can turn around by moving your waist).

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  • Honda’s take on the future of personal mobility: The U3-X (yes, the u stands for unicycle)

    Honda’s take on the future of personal mobility: The U3-X (yes, the u stands for unicycle)

    Posted on September 24, 2009 | No Comments
    This, according to Honda, is the future of personal mobility. (In the future, walking will be seen as passe and uncool.) It's called the U3-X, and it just debuted in Tokyo. It's sorta like a Segway, but a little less cumbersome (but just as unusual looking to the layman).

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  • Begun, the phone wars have

    Begun, the phone wars have

    Posted on August 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Readers who follow us regularly know that MG Siegler and I have a difference of opinion when it comes to phones. He’s an iPhone guy, I’m now an Android man. Our verbal jousts to date have been in good fun, but there is an undertone of seriousness that needs to be resolved, one way or another. [...]

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  • DIY balancing scooter will make you the envy of geeks everywhere

    DIY balancing scooter will make you the envy of geeks everywhere

    Posted on August 3, 2009 | No Comments
    diy-balancing-scooterI admit it: I would love to have a Segway. Yes, I realize they're not really all that practical for everyday life in Columbus, OH. Yes, I realize they make you look like a total nerd. I'm prepared to reconcile both of those facts against what I perceive as the unadulterated fun of riding such a contraption. Unfortunately, I don't have the cash to buy a Segway. If I had bothered to take shop class in high school, though, maybe I could make this DIY balancing scooter to fulfill my Segway lust.

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  • I, for one, welcome our new prosthetic robot arms

    I, for one, welcome our new prosthetic robot arms

    Posted on June 9, 2009 | No Comments
    The Department of Veterans Affairs is testing a fancy new prosthetic arm developed in conjunction with DARPA, the folks that brought us the Internet, and Deka Research, founded by Dean Kamen, creator of the Segway. Unlike a traditional rigid plastic arm, or God forbid a metal hook, the Luke Arm -- a reference to Luke Skywalker's artificial hand from Empire Strikes Back -- allows the wearer to grasp small objects and "perform movements while reaching over their head, a previously impossible maneuver for people with a prosthetic arm."

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