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Segway: Cool gadget, dumb idea

The Segway human transporter is one of the neatest gadgets to come down the pike... Read more

25 February, 2003 by Charles Cooper

Segway bids rocket on Amazon

A consumer version of the Segway Human Transporter, the scooter formerly known as Ginger, won't be available until... Read more

20 February, 2002 by Richard Shim

Segway goes on sale

Dean Kamen's Human Transporter is now on sale to the public on e-commerce Web... Read more

19 November, 2002 by John Borland

EBay shuts down Segway auctions

EBay cancelled two auctions for the new Segway Human Transporter on Thursday after Segway questioned whether the auctions were bogus, but... Read more

7 June, 2002 by Troy Wolverton

Mystery Segways go up for eBay bidding

Consumers are once again bidding big bucks for a Segway Human Transporter -- but this time the auction is on eBay, and it's... Read more

6 June, 2002 by Troy Wolverton

Former auto exec takes wheel at Segway

The company behind the two-wheeled, high-tech Segway Human Transporter has named a onetime automobile industry executive as its president. Segway... Read more

22 April, 2002 by Larry Dignan

Ginger launch takes hype biscuit

He calls it a Segway Human Transporter. Thousands of eager novelty hunters have talked about Ginger or simply... Read more

4 December, 2001 by Rupert Goodwins

The Segway Human Transporter

Or SHT for short... Read more

15 May, 2001 by silicon.com staff

Insurance: Home, auto... and Segway?

...announced on Wednesday that it's offering insurance policies for the Segway human transporter -- despite assurances from the technology company that its two-wheeled devices... Read more

20 February, 2003 by Dawn Kawamoto

Taking Ginger for a test drive

Segway, maker of the newly, and now mundanely, christened Human Transporter (HT), likens its forthcoming two-wheeled device to a pair of... Read more

22 December, 2001 by John G.Spooner
Amazon Enters the Cloud Computing Business

Amazon Enters the Cloud Computing Business

...Bezos looked at the clock on the instrument panel of his Segway Human Transporter; it was 7:52AM and he knew he would need a... Read more

20 May, 2008

Segway now owned by British millionaire

...in the UK on private land. Inventor Dean Kamen launched the Segway 'Human Transporter' — previously codenamed Ginger — in 2001, following protracted speculation over the nature... Read more

15 January, 2010

Segways recalled after ditching riders

...fall off, the company said on Friday. The recall affects all Segway Human Transporter (HT) models sold to both consumers and corporations between March 2002... Read more

29 September, 2003 by Margaret Kane

Re:Viewing 2002 - Whatever happened to the dot-coms?

From the sublime to the ridiculous, via acquisitions, profitability, Googlewhacking, scandal and the eBay bride... Read more

23 December, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

Amazon email can't derail Segway

...like Segway device received a disappointing email message on Thursday: "The Segway Human Transporter will not be available in the foreseeable future." But representatives of... Read more

16 September, 2002 by Richard Shim

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