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Re: Project Ginger/It
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Mon, 3 Dec 2001 23:06:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Richard Marchetti writes:
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> > Did anyone else find the unveiling of the "Ginger" project to be a yawn?
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> Boy, did you get that right! Ditto your comment about the hype. What an
> overblown propaganda crusade. At least the stair-climbing wheelchair was
> legitimately useful and necessary--do we really need (or benefit from) a
> product designed to reduce the amount of walking we do? Aren't we sedentary
> enough?
Agreed. I thought the powered personal scooters were bad enough...
> > I was more interested in the gyroscopic balancing system being used for the
> > device than the "scooter" itself. I didn't see anything else of interest
> > though, not in the coverage I have seen so far.
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> Same here. The gyroscopic bits might have useful application in bipedal
> robit walking and/or stability, so I'm curious to see how it might lead in
> that direction. Even if we all start scooting around on these pricey,
> wheeled pogo sticks, where do we keep them once we get there? What if it's
> raining--do we have full umbrella functionality?
8?) Just make one of these with hidden handlebars & a retractable umbrella, and
we'll all look like Inspector Gadget!
> > I've heard it said of the Ginger project that it would be more important
> > than the internet -- which to my mind has yet to reach its full potential. I
> > don't see it. Am I missing something?
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> Well, I'd like to solicit your sponsership of my exciting new breakthrough
> in transportation technology. It consists of two units, each with a
> foot:ground interface of rubber, leather, wood, plastic, or the like, and
> each with an adjustable ring-and-filament structure designed to affix the
> devise to the user's foot. Any takers?
Well I've heard rumours about some new-fangled fabric, which is able to form a
strong, adjustable bond, and is easy to detach, which should be used as the
method of affixation - otherwise I don't your idea will take off at all...
ROSCO
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