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09-01-2002, 05:02 PM
<h1><center>-=SEGWAY FACTS & RUMORS=-</center></h1>
<h2>[u]Segway Facts:</u></h2>
November 29, 2002---Augusta Chronicle---Starting in January, Columbia County's (Georgia) meter readers will have a new tool - a Segway Human Transporter. The county paid $7,000 for the e Series Segway.
November 18, 2002---ABC News - Good Morning America---Segway now on sale to the public.
October 25, 2002---WXIA-TV Atlanta--- Hartsfield International Airport has purchased 10 Segways for police use.
September 28, 2002---Associated Press---California Governor Gray Davis signs bill allowing Segways on sidewalks at local option.
September 27, 2002---Toledo Blade---Toledo-Lucas County Leases Segways. Where the 20 Segways in this area are going:
Port authority - 3
TMACOG - 2
ParkSmart - 4
Kwik Park - 1
Toledo Zoo - 3
Toledo Edison - 3
Metroparks - 1
UT - 2
BGSU - 1
Source: Port authority, the University of Toledo
September 19, 2002---Chicago Tribune--City test drive set for Segway. 2-wheel vehicles leased to see if they have future. Some Chicago police and other city workers will soon scoot around downtown on a two-wheel device both derided as a gimmick and hailed as a breakthrough in transportation.
September 19, 2002---US Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center---SPAWAR purchased 15 Segway e167 models, 15 Segway i167 models plus 6 Training Modules for a total of $98070.
September 15, 2002---NBC Sports---Track officials and/or NBC news use Segway HT on the track at the New Hampshire 300 Winston Cup Race at Loudon, NH.
September 13, 2002---Amazon.com---Consumer versions of Segway Human Transporters are currently being piloted in various communities throughout the U.S. The Segway HT is expected to be released to the general consumer market in 2003.
September 12, 2002---CNet.com---Segway's Cohen added that the transporters will begin to trickle out to consumers at the end of the year, with large volume shipments expected by the middle of next year.
September 12, 2002---Amazon.com---"We've recently learned from our supplier that the item you requested to be notified about, Segway Human Transporter(also known as "Ginger" or "IT"), will not be available in the foreseeable future."
September 10, 2002---eprairie.com/news---TECH SPECS (SEGWAY)
Its key innovation is its eerie ability to balance itself using finely tuned gyroscopics and effectively perceive its patron's travel desires.
It rolls up to about 12.5 miles per hour (MPH) or on average 8 MPH, which is about three times walking pace. It'll go between 11 miles and 17 miles on a single, six-hour charge for about a dime's worth of wall-powered electricity, depending on whether you're using a Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) or Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) battery. A 128-bit encrypted "Intelligent" key is needed to vroom away, the insertion of which is greeted by a friendly user interface transmitting data by way of a smiling face – the most basic and recognized means of human interaction.
The Segway has no brakes. Its movement is solely determined by the rider's shifting weight and a manual turning mechanism on one of the handlebars. The gyroscopes and tilt sensors monitor the rider's center of gravity more than 100 times a second, signaling to the electric motor and wheels which way to turn and how fast. Each wheel is independently driven by dual-redundant, high-speed electric motors that produce no emissions. The power for the motor is up to 2 horsepower.
The turning radius is zero, meaning it can turn on the spot – something most cars and certainly buses can't even comprehend. A passenger can weigh up to 250 pounds and carry up to 70 pounds in cargo. The Segway itself weighs 80 pounds.
September 8, 2002 --- Journalnow.com---
"The Segway sells for $5,000 and could be available to the general public in as little as six months, Cohen said." (said Tobe Cohen, the director of marketing at Segway)
September 6, 2002---isourceonline.com---Segway hires customer relationship management (CRM) firm.
September 5, 2002---eprairie.com/news---Caterpillar First in Illinois to Exploit Segway Human Transporters. GTI calculates that the $5,000 machines will pay for themselves in about one year.
September 5, 2002---heraldnet.com---Seattle, Washington purchases 10 Segways for approximately $50000.
August 2, 2002---segway.weblogs.com---"Techdirt:Pre-emptively Preparing To Sue Segway - And people wonder why lawyers get a bad reputation? Found over at GMSV is the news that the incredibly overeager lawyers at the USA Immigration Law Center have put together a website pre-emptively getting people ready to sue Dean Kamen for his Segway invention."
July 23, 2002---Boston Business Journal---Segway, BAE to market transporter to U.K. defense industry.
June 7, 2002---United Auto Workers---Seeks contract to build Segway.
June 4, 2002---segway.com/about us---USPS purchases 40 Segways for second phase testing.
February 19, 2002---amazon.com---First three Segways put up for public auction, proceeds to benefit First (Kamens youth organization)
January 14, 2002---segway.com/aboutus---USPS commences testing Segway for mail delivery.
December 3, 2001---Good Morning America (ABC)---Ginger revealed to the public as Segway.
January 11, 2001---that_other_site.com---the It question forum goes online "Seeking answers to Dean Kamen's latest invention: What is 'IT'?"
January 9, 2001---Inside Magazine Online---The leak of Steve Kemper's book proposal sets off wild speculation "What is It"?
<h3>[u]Segway Rumors:</u></h3>
September 5, 2002---heraldnet.com---Everett, Washington considering purchase of Segways for public works, parking enforcement and parks departments.
September 5, 2002---Dupa at Segwaychat---"He [Gary Bridge] was very excited about the US Postal Service account. He said they orginally had a plan where they would buy say 50 or 100 Segways, then maybe six months later 500, then later on 5000. I don't remember how many jumps there were to get to the 5000 order or when it was supposed to happen, but he indicated that after the success they've had with the initial small order, he felt they were going to jump right up to the 5000 unit order very soon."
August 2002---esc.org/newsletter---"The organization hopes to have the Segway Human Transporter on the market by Christmas season 2002. They expect that it will retail between $3,000-$4,000."
August 21, 2002---silicon.com---Backs off Rumors saying: "And on that forum (that_other_site) there is indeed evidence to suggest that IT, Ginger and Segway are one and the same, and that Spliff isn't the authority he might at first seem to be." "Just to be safe, we're going to sit on the fence for the time being."
August 19, 2002---msnbc.com---"Rumors: Segway isn’t really Ginger"
August 12, 2002---silicon.com---"Shock! Horror! Ginger isn't Segway"
August 11, 2002---Dupa on TIQ (from private conversation with Gary Bride)--- "...He concluded this part of the conversation with something like.."Eventually, we'd like to get the price down to about $1300."
<h4> [u]Segway Events:</u></h4>
December 17, 2002---Ticket to Ride Event Los Angeles, California Registration (http://store.segway.com/html/Acr_ibeCAcdAllUserReg.jsp?usrType=endUser)
December 16, 2002---Ticket to Ride Event San Diego, California Registration (http://store.segway.com/html/Acr_ibeCAcdAllUserReg.jsp?usrType=endUser)
December 4-8, 2002---Orlando Auto Show Central Florida International Auto Show (http://www.autoshowusa.com/orlando) The auto show also includes a million-dollar exotic car display, featuring cars from Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley and the aforementioned Lamborghini; the Sparrow II and Merlin Roadster, single-seat, three-wheeled electric and gas vehicles from Corbin Motors of Daytona Beach; the Racing Limo, a stretched Pontiac Grand Prix limousine painted in NASCAR-like colors; and a Segway Human Transporter, demonstrated at the Ford pavilion. News-Journal (http://www.news-journalonline.com/2002/Dec/6/BIZ1.htm)
November 21-22, 2002---The 2002 EXPLOR Awards and Forum, sponsored by the AMA(American Marketing Association) EXPLOR Awards (http://ecommerce.ama.org/events/explor.htm) "We are pleased to have so many experts joining us this year! We are especially pleased to have Gary Bridge from Segway, LLC and Donna Hoffman from Vanderbilt University join us as keynoters."
November 18-21, 2002---COMDEX Fall 2002 - Las Vegas, Nevada Segway (http://www.segway.com/connect/calendar.html) We are making it possible for you to experience Segway™ HT live at trade shows, partner sites, and demonstrations in centralized locations. These events will be scheduled on an ongoing basis. Due to the logistical problems inherent in staging demonstrations of this nature, many of these events will be by invitation only.
November 13, 2002 ---Wednesday: Dean Kamen
The man who invented the scooter known as “IT” reveals his latest invention and shows Dan Rather how he thinks it will change the world. CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/05/24/60II/main48284.shtml )
Through October 31, 2002---Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Segway Display (http://www.msichicago.org/temp_exhibit/segway/) A non-operational Segway HT is at the Museum through October 31, 2002.
October 20-24, 2002---The 27th International Design Management Conference - Chatham Bars Inn Cape Cod, Massachusetts I.D.M. Conference (http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/index.htm)
Culture Clash: Integrating the Opposite Forces of Creation and Production
J. Douglas Field, Vice President of Product Development, Segway LLC
Scott Waters, Industrial Design Manager, Segway LLC
October 16-20, 2002---Anaheim Convention Center LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/highway1/la-hy-event16oct16.story?null) The show, of which the Los Angeles Times is a sponsor, also highlights unconventional vehicles such as the new Segway Human Transporter, a self-balancing, two-wheel stand-up "scooter" designed to operate in pedestrian environments.
October 15, 2002---The Breakers Resort, Palm Beach, Fl The Breakers Resort (http://www.salesandmarketing.com/salesandmarketing/index.jsp) 10:15 – 11 am - BREAKOUT SESSION**
4A. Forging Internal Partnerships
With Marketing
Speaker: R. Gary Bridge, PhD., Senior VP of Marketing,
Segway
October 15, 2002---FARGODOME, Fargo, ND FARGODOME (http://www.uppergreatplainstechnology.com/agenda2.html) ---8:00 - 9:30 a.m. Day Two Morning Session - Breakfast Served - Ticket Event
Location: FARGODOME, North Floor--Keynote Speaker: Dean Kamen, Chairman and CEO, Segway LLC
October 9, 2002--- International Forum on Urban Mobility and Advanced Transportation (SAINT-JEROME, Quebec Canada)---Canada NewsWire (http://www.newswire.ca/releases/October2002/04/c8100.html)Dean Kamen, President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation and Chairman & CEO of Segway LLC, will be the guest speaker at the opening ceremony of the International Forum on Urban Mobility and Advanced Transportation, on Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 6:00 pm, in Saint-Jérôme, Québec.
October 1, 2002--- San Antonio Convention Center My San Antonio (http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=181&xlc=827893&xld=181) The most talked-about transportation device since the car rolled into San Antonio on Tuesday along with its inventor, Dean Kamen. Kamen, president of Deka Research & Development, demonstrated his invention Tuesday at the Society of Petroleum Engineers convention.
May, 2002---May energy summit---Photo (http://canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=fa716633-efaa-43ec-b6e8-d428a63f0484)Canadian Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal tried a battery-powered Segway Human Transporter, more energy efficient than his two SUVs, at a May energy summit.
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<h2>[u]Segway Facts:</u></h2>
November 29, 2002---Augusta Chronicle---Starting in January, Columbia County's (Georgia) meter readers will have a new tool - a Segway Human Transporter. The county paid $7,000 for the e Series Segway.
November 18, 2002---ABC News - Good Morning America---Segway now on sale to the public.
October 25, 2002---WXIA-TV Atlanta--- Hartsfield International Airport has purchased 10 Segways for police use.
September 28, 2002---Associated Press---California Governor Gray Davis signs bill allowing Segways on sidewalks at local option.
September 27, 2002---Toledo Blade---Toledo-Lucas County Leases Segways. Where the 20 Segways in this area are going:
Port authority - 3
TMACOG - 2
ParkSmart - 4
Kwik Park - 1
Toledo Zoo - 3
Toledo Edison - 3
Metroparks - 1
UT - 2
BGSU - 1
Source: Port authority, the University of Toledo
September 19, 2002---Chicago Tribune--City test drive set for Segway. 2-wheel vehicles leased to see if they have future. Some Chicago police and other city workers will soon scoot around downtown on a two-wheel device both derided as a gimmick and hailed as a breakthrough in transportation.
September 19, 2002---US Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center---SPAWAR purchased 15 Segway e167 models, 15 Segway i167 models plus 6 Training Modules for a total of $98070.
September 15, 2002---NBC Sports---Track officials and/or NBC news use Segway HT on the track at the New Hampshire 300 Winston Cup Race at Loudon, NH.
September 13, 2002---Amazon.com---Consumer versions of Segway Human Transporters are currently being piloted in various communities throughout the U.S. The Segway HT is expected to be released to the general consumer market in 2003.
September 12, 2002---CNet.com---Segway's Cohen added that the transporters will begin to trickle out to consumers at the end of the year, with large volume shipments expected by the middle of next year.
September 12, 2002---Amazon.com---"We've recently learned from our supplier that the item you requested to be notified about, Segway Human Transporter(also known as "Ginger" or "IT"), will not be available in the foreseeable future."
September 10, 2002---eprairie.com/news---TECH SPECS (SEGWAY)
Its key innovation is its eerie ability to balance itself using finely tuned gyroscopics and effectively perceive its patron's travel desires.
It rolls up to about 12.5 miles per hour (MPH) or on average 8 MPH, which is about three times walking pace. It'll go between 11 miles and 17 miles on a single, six-hour charge for about a dime's worth of wall-powered electricity, depending on whether you're using a Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) or Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) battery. A 128-bit encrypted "Intelligent" key is needed to vroom away, the insertion of which is greeted by a friendly user interface transmitting data by way of a smiling face – the most basic and recognized means of human interaction.
The Segway has no brakes. Its movement is solely determined by the rider's shifting weight and a manual turning mechanism on one of the handlebars. The gyroscopes and tilt sensors monitor the rider's center of gravity more than 100 times a second, signaling to the electric motor and wheels which way to turn and how fast. Each wheel is independently driven by dual-redundant, high-speed electric motors that produce no emissions. The power for the motor is up to 2 horsepower.
The turning radius is zero, meaning it can turn on the spot – something most cars and certainly buses can't even comprehend. A passenger can weigh up to 250 pounds and carry up to 70 pounds in cargo. The Segway itself weighs 80 pounds.
September 8, 2002 --- Journalnow.com---
"The Segway sells for $5,000 and could be available to the general public in as little as six months, Cohen said." (said Tobe Cohen, the director of marketing at Segway)
September 6, 2002---isourceonline.com---Segway hires customer relationship management (CRM) firm.
September 5, 2002---eprairie.com/news---Caterpillar First in Illinois to Exploit Segway Human Transporters. GTI calculates that the $5,000 machines will pay for themselves in about one year.
September 5, 2002---heraldnet.com---Seattle, Washington purchases 10 Segways for approximately $50000.
August 2, 2002---segway.weblogs.com---"Techdirt:Pre-emptively Preparing To Sue Segway - And people wonder why lawyers get a bad reputation? Found over at GMSV is the news that the incredibly overeager lawyers at the USA Immigration Law Center have put together a website pre-emptively getting people ready to sue Dean Kamen for his Segway invention."
July 23, 2002---Boston Business Journal---Segway, BAE to market transporter to U.K. defense industry.
June 7, 2002---United Auto Workers---Seeks contract to build Segway.
June 4, 2002---segway.com/about us---USPS purchases 40 Segways for second phase testing.
February 19, 2002---amazon.com---First three Segways put up for public auction, proceeds to benefit First (Kamens youth organization)
January 14, 2002---segway.com/aboutus---USPS commences testing Segway for mail delivery.
December 3, 2001---Good Morning America (ABC)---Ginger revealed to the public as Segway.
January 11, 2001---that_other_site.com---the It question forum goes online "Seeking answers to Dean Kamen's latest invention: What is 'IT'?"
January 9, 2001---Inside Magazine Online---The leak of Steve Kemper's book proposal sets off wild speculation "What is It"?
<h3>[u]Segway Rumors:</u></h3>
September 5, 2002---heraldnet.com---Everett, Washington considering purchase of Segways for public works, parking enforcement and parks departments.
September 5, 2002---Dupa at Segwaychat---"He [Gary Bridge] was very excited about the US Postal Service account. He said they orginally had a plan where they would buy say 50 or 100 Segways, then maybe six months later 500, then later on 5000. I don't remember how many jumps there were to get to the 5000 order or when it was supposed to happen, but he indicated that after the success they've had with the initial small order, he felt they were going to jump right up to the 5000 unit order very soon."
August 2002---esc.org/newsletter---"The organization hopes to have the Segway Human Transporter on the market by Christmas season 2002. They expect that it will retail between $3,000-$4,000."
August 21, 2002---silicon.com---Backs off Rumors saying: "And on that forum (that_other_site) there is indeed evidence to suggest that IT, Ginger and Segway are one and the same, and that Spliff isn't the authority he might at first seem to be." "Just to be safe, we're going to sit on the fence for the time being."
August 19, 2002---msnbc.com---"Rumors: Segway isn’t really Ginger"
August 12, 2002---silicon.com---"Shock! Horror! Ginger isn't Segway"
August 11, 2002---Dupa on TIQ (from private conversation with Gary Bride)--- "...He concluded this part of the conversation with something like.."Eventually, we'd like to get the price down to about $1300."
<h4> [u]Segway Events:</u></h4>
December 17, 2002---Ticket to Ride Event Los Angeles, California Registration (http://store.segway.com/html/Acr_ibeCAcdAllUserReg.jsp?usrType=endUser)
December 16, 2002---Ticket to Ride Event San Diego, California Registration (http://store.segway.com/html/Acr_ibeCAcdAllUserReg.jsp?usrType=endUser)
December 4-8, 2002---Orlando Auto Show Central Florida International Auto Show (http://www.autoshowusa.com/orlando) The auto show also includes a million-dollar exotic car display, featuring cars from Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley and the aforementioned Lamborghini; the Sparrow II and Merlin Roadster, single-seat, three-wheeled electric and gas vehicles from Corbin Motors of Daytona Beach; the Racing Limo, a stretched Pontiac Grand Prix limousine painted in NASCAR-like colors; and a Segway Human Transporter, demonstrated at the Ford pavilion. News-Journal (http://www.news-journalonline.com/2002/Dec/6/BIZ1.htm)
November 21-22, 2002---The 2002 EXPLOR Awards and Forum, sponsored by the AMA(American Marketing Association) EXPLOR Awards (http://ecommerce.ama.org/events/explor.htm) "We are pleased to have so many experts joining us this year! We are especially pleased to have Gary Bridge from Segway, LLC and Donna Hoffman from Vanderbilt University join us as keynoters."
November 18-21, 2002---COMDEX Fall 2002 - Las Vegas, Nevada Segway (http://www.segway.com/connect/calendar.html) We are making it possible for you to experience Segway™ HT live at trade shows, partner sites, and demonstrations in centralized locations. These events will be scheduled on an ongoing basis. Due to the logistical problems inherent in staging demonstrations of this nature, many of these events will be by invitation only.
November 13, 2002 ---Wednesday: Dean Kamen
The man who invented the scooter known as “IT” reveals his latest invention and shows Dan Rather how he thinks it will change the world. CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/05/24/60II/main48284.shtml )
Through October 31, 2002---Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Segway Display (http://www.msichicago.org/temp_exhibit/segway/) A non-operational Segway HT is at the Museum through October 31, 2002.
October 20-24, 2002---The 27th International Design Management Conference - Chatham Bars Inn Cape Cod, Massachusetts I.D.M. Conference (http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/index.htm)
Culture Clash: Integrating the Opposite Forces of Creation and Production
J. Douglas Field, Vice President of Product Development, Segway LLC
Scott Waters, Industrial Design Manager, Segway LLC
October 16-20, 2002---Anaheim Convention Center LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/highway1/la-hy-event16oct16.story?null) The show, of which the Los Angeles Times is a sponsor, also highlights unconventional vehicles such as the new Segway Human Transporter, a self-balancing, two-wheel stand-up "scooter" designed to operate in pedestrian environments.
October 15, 2002---The Breakers Resort, Palm Beach, Fl The Breakers Resort (http://www.salesandmarketing.com/salesandmarketing/index.jsp) 10:15 – 11 am - BREAKOUT SESSION**
4A. Forging Internal Partnerships
With Marketing
Speaker: R. Gary Bridge, PhD., Senior VP of Marketing,
Segway
October 15, 2002---FARGODOME, Fargo, ND FARGODOME (http://www.uppergreatplainstechnology.com/agenda2.html) ---8:00 - 9:30 a.m. Day Two Morning Session - Breakfast Served - Ticket Event
Location: FARGODOME, North Floor--Keynote Speaker: Dean Kamen, Chairman and CEO, Segway LLC
October 9, 2002--- International Forum on Urban Mobility and Advanced Transportation (SAINT-JEROME, Quebec Canada)---Canada NewsWire (http://www.newswire.ca/releases/October2002/04/c8100.html)Dean Kamen, President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation and Chairman & CEO of Segway LLC, will be the guest speaker at the opening ceremony of the International Forum on Urban Mobility and Advanced Transportation, on Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 6:00 pm, in Saint-Jérôme, Québec.
October 1, 2002--- San Antonio Convention Center My San Antonio (http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=181&xlc=827893&xld=181) The most talked-about transportation device since the car rolled into San Antonio on Tuesday along with its inventor, Dean Kamen. Kamen, president of Deka Research & Development, demonstrated his invention Tuesday at the Society of Petroleum Engineers convention.
May, 2002---May energy summit---Photo (http://canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=fa716633-efaa-43ec-b6e8-d428a63f0484)Canadian Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal tried a battery-powered Segway Human Transporter, more energy efficient than his two SUVs, at a May energy summit.
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