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ryanbytes
07-05-2005, 10:30 AM
I'm sorry if this is a repost. I did a search and couldn't find anything. Anyhoo has anyone seen John Ratzenberger's Made in America show? I caught it this weekend and he had a tour of the Segway birthing grounds. In an engineering meeting they showed "next years model" very quickly. Instead of the T handlebars it had what appeared to be two vertical stalks coming from the base. It looked really cool. Much more futuristic. I have no idea how "real" it was but I hope it is something new.



Dragan
07-06-2005, 01:07 AM
There was a lot of discussion about the show when it aired the first time. The "next years model" is simply a foam design concept...it was mis-stated as being next years model. It's real in the sense that it exists, but it's in no way funtional
Wayne

Segway of Alberta - Calgary
www.mysegway.ca
Sal
07-06-2005, 08:36 AM
Ryan I don't know if anyone else here has it, but I have a .WMV file of the show with the Segway segment. I will try and post it to my webspace in the coming days.

-Sal

Think Different
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ryanbytes
07-06-2005, 11:10 PM
My hope fades....... It looked very cool.
etak
07-07-2005, 01:59 AM
dgbint gave me a copy of it on DVD a few weeks ago.


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pam
07-07-2005, 07:38 AM
Yeah. And the great thing about concept models is that they're always possibilities. The car I have right now (Honda Element) looks amazingly like a concept model I saw at a car show a number of years ago.
Pam


quote:Originally posted by ryanbytes

My hope fades....... It looked very cool.
voiceguy
07-07-2005, 12:18 PM
Howdy,

Does anyone have a pic (a still frame from the show) or a clip of the video showing the concept as mentioned above?

Voiceguy

"All I need is a full battery ... and a star to steer her by"
Sal
07-07-2005, 01:26 PM
I completely forgot, I'll post it this afternoon.

-Sal

Think Different
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luckie
07-08-2005, 04:38 PM
Ummmm did you try to throw a few keywords into Google's video search tool?

http://video.google.com/

Worked for me.

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voiceguy
07-08-2005, 05:05 PM
I tried the Google Video utility and by entering the words "Segway concept" (without the quotes) I found the page re: the "Made in America" show about the making of the Segway, however, it only showed 5 or so [u]still photos </u>(none with the concept).

As for viewing the video, a note on the page indicated "Playback is currently not available."

It appears that the "Google Video" engine to which Douglas' link sent me is at beta testing level at this point.

If Doug or anyone else has a clip or pic (from the show) they can post of the concept, I think it'd be cool to have a look at the puppy!

Voiceguy

"All I need is a full battery ... and a star to steer her by"
MagiMike
07-08-2005, 06:52 PM
There is a photo of the concept in this old thread
http://segwaychat.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10014&whichpage=1&SearchTerms=,Ratzenberger

And here is the link so you can watch the segment

http://www.chaos131.com/segonCC/SegwayCC.wmv
Ah the power of the search function on segway chat

Mike in Houston TX.
<center>"From now on walking is for chumps" - John Ratzenberger</center>