NYPress.com - New York's essential guide to culture, arts, politics, news and more » needless http://nypress.com New York's essential guide to culture, arts, politics, news and more Thu, 23 May 2013 21:16:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 @BYTES1GHz Tech Brief: Nerds Are Super Lazy, Still Need To Get Places http://nypress.com/bytes1ghz-tech-brief-of-the-day-nerds-are-super-lazy-still-need-to-get-places/ http://nypress.com/bytes1ghz-tech-brief-of-the-day-nerds-are-super-lazy-still-need-to-get-places/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:16:50 +0000 @BYTES1GHz http://nypress.com/?p=54037

It’s hard to believe there was once a world before The Segway. Back when the only time humans could both stand around and move simultaneously was on an escalator. Now—in no way overestimating the market for such devices—the Robomancers over at Honda have invented something called the UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Device. With promotional language like “For Individuals. For Society. Honda Introduces a new kind of mobility.” [SPOILER ALERT: It's a stool with wheels.]

 

#FutureOfStuff: Ever seen Wall-E? The future will be indolent.

 

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