An Inventor Unveils His Mysterious Personal Transportation Device
December 3, 2001 | Source: New York Times
Inventor Dean Kamen plans to demonstrate today the much-anticipated Segway Human Transporter (code-named “Ginger” or “It”), a two-wheeled battery-powered device designed for a single standing rider. Its chief novelty lies in the uncanny effect, produced by a finely tuned gyroscopic balancing mechanism, of intuiting where its rider wants to go — and going there.
Patent drawing for "Ginger"