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It looks like this may all be nothing more than a big hype job to try and get people excited about the prospect of spending $2000 on a scooter.
"Mystery Invention 'Ginger' May Be Motorized Scooter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mystery invention code-named "Ginger" that has set the U.S. technology world abuzz may be little more than a motorized mini-scooter, judging from a recent patent application that came to light on Friday.
A Dec. 14, 2000, filing with the World Intellectual Property Organization available on the Internet at http://www.wipo.org describes a "class of transportation vehicles for carrying an individual over ground...that is unstable with respect to tipping when...not powered."
This "personal mobility vehicle" pictures what appears to be a young girl balanced on a two-wheeled scooter. The patent application by millionaire inventor Dean Kamen and six co-inventors fits descriptions made in broadcast reports by people claiming to have seen prototypes of the vehicle.
Harvard Business School Press is said to have paid $250,000 for a book detailing "IT" that is set to be unveiled in 2002 by Kamen, creator of devices such as a portable insulin
pump and a wheelchair that climbs stairs.
The invention is said to take just 10 minutes to assemble using simple tools, according to details from the book proposal published by media industry watchers Inside.com. Ginger could cost less than $2,000 a piece. Top computer industry leaders and investment bankers were named as backers, Inside.com said.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Kamen, 49, declined to reveal much on the device other than saying: "While our projects are in the development phase and have client confidentiality requirements, it is impossible for us to comment further."
Kamen and his company, Manchester, New Hampshire-based DEKA Research, did not return calls on Friday seeking comment on the patent application."
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"Mystery Invention 'Ginger' May Be Motorized Scooter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mystery invention code-named "Ginger" that has set the U.S. technology world abuzz may be little more than a motorized mini-scooter, judging from a recent patent application that came to light on Friday.
A Dec. 14, 2000, filing with the World Intellectual Property Organization available on the Internet at http://www.wipo.org describes a "class of transportation vehicles for carrying an individual over ground...that is unstable with respect to tipping when...not powered."
This "personal mobility vehicle" pictures what appears to be a young girl balanced on a two-wheeled scooter. The patent application by millionaire inventor Dean Kamen and six co-inventors fits descriptions made in broadcast reports by people claiming to have seen prototypes of the vehicle.
Harvard Business School Press is said to have paid $250,000 for a book detailing "IT" that is set to be unveiled in 2002 by Kamen, creator of devices such as a portable insulin
pump and a wheelchair that climbs stairs.
The invention is said to take just 10 minutes to assemble using simple tools, according to details from the book proposal published by media industry watchers Inside.com. Ginger could cost less than $2,000 a piece. Top computer industry leaders and investment bankers were named as backers, Inside.com said.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Kamen, 49, declined to reveal much on the device other than saying: "While our projects are in the development phase and have client confidentiality requirements, it is impossible for us to comment further."
Kamen and his company, Manchester, New Hampshire-based DEKA Research, did not return calls on Friday seeking comment on the patent application."
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Semper Fi
-Bill
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-Nordic proverb
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Exactly, Ken.
Maybe the next step will be to incorporate this technology into shoe design so that we could all cruise around like Gumby.
I'm certain the folks at Nike would have no qualms about assisting in this type of a research and development effort.
Boing, boing....
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Semper Fi
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Maybe the next step will be to incorporate this technology into shoe design so that we could all cruise around like Gumby.
I'm certain the folks at Nike would have no qualms about assisting in this type of a research and development effort.
Boing, boing....
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Semper Fi
-Bill