This is "it".

• Author: Harmon, Amy
• Position: Upfront Update - 'Human Transporter' scooter from Segway

"It" is not a hovercraft or a teleporter. The secret is out on the much-hyped mystery device from inventor Dean Kamen ("Can't Figure `It' Out," 3/5/01). "It" is the Segway Human Transporter, a two-wheeled, battery-powered scooter that can go 12 mph and has no brakes. Its novelty is an uncanny effect, produced by a finely tuned gyroscopic balancing mechanism, of intuiting where its rider wants to go--and going there. You lean, and you move.

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