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The Ninebot by Segway miniPRO is not a hoverboard. Instead, it\u2019s a true descendant of the original revolution in personal transportation, the Segway.<\/p>\n

Fifteen years ago, dungaree-wearing inventor Dean Kamen<\/a>\u00a0introduced the first Segway. His person-sized, self-balancing, rideable platform was supposed to change human transportation as we know it.<\/p>\n

A few years later, Kamen had sold just 6,000 devices (they cost roughly $2,500) and had suffered through a recall<\/a>\u00a0and bad press as riders \u2014 including then President George W. Bush<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 took tumbles when the Segway\u2019s power abruptly ran out. Segways were\u00a0legislated off the streets<\/a>\u00a0and became ultimately best known as a prop in Kevin James\u2019 Paul Blart: Mall Cop<\/i> movies. The company was eventually sold off and is now owned<\/a> by the Chinese firm Ninebot. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Ninebot by Segway miniPRO is not a hoverboard. Instead, it\u2019s a true descendant of the original revolution in personal transportation, the Segway. Fifteen years ago, dungaree-wearing inventor Dean Kamen\u00a0introduced the first Segway. His person-sized, self-balancing, rideable platform was supposed … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2868,3444,3445,3446,725],"class_list":["post-4474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-hoverboard","tag-minipro","tag-ninebot","tag-segway","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}