Sort by Gizmodo (Free subscription) - 09/24/2009 - YouTube
Honda has developed a new personal mobility technology, U3-X. It is a compact experimental device that fits comfortably between the riders legs, to pr...
Sort by Gizmodo (Free subscription) - 09/24/2009
Jalopnik just posted this crazy Honda unicycle, the U3-X, with "omni traction drive." It's definitely the first personal mobility device that might help you fulfill your lifelong dream of re-enacting Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity" video. Pics and details at [ Jalopnik ]
Sort by The Big Picture (Free subscription) - 09/27/2009
Looks like a single wheel segway: Honda has developed a new personal mobility technology, U3-X. It is a compact experimental device that fits comfortably between the riders legs, to provide free movement in all directions just as in human walking forward, backward, side-to-side, and diagonally. Honda will continue research and development of the device including [...]
Sort by Jalopnik (Free subscription) - 09/24/2009
Honda has unveiled a new personal mobility device, the Honda U3-X , which is sort of like a boom box unicycle one-person scooter that will allow travel on sidewalks without interfering with walkers, as seen in the awkward video. Honda has developed a new personal mobility technology, U3-X. It is a compact experimental device that fits comfortably between the rider's legs, to provide free movement...
Sort by Fleck.com Blog (Free subscription) - 09/28/2009
Honda has developed a very interesting motorized personal transportation device. It seems to be a cross between a unicycle, a Segway, and an ASIMO. It has omni-directional driving wheel system which means t can move forward and backwards and sideways too. Moving forward is as easy as leaning forward and steering left or right goes [...]
Sort by Slog (Free subscription) - 09/25/2009
So say you're on your Segway, on your way to work. Your idiot boss won't build a ramp for your Segway, so you have to park it out front. That means you have to actually walk around while you're at work! That simply won't do . Thankfully, Honda has invented the U3-X, a device that operates like an indoor Segway so that you will never have to take another step for as long as you live: Thanks, Presurfer...
Sort by Crave RSS (Free subscription) - 09/24/2009
Honda on Wednesday unveiled the U3-X, a stool with a unique directional wheel system that allows it to travel diagonally, as well as right, left, forward, and backward. It's basically a robotic unicycle. The device is able to readjust itself so that instead of riders having to constantly balance themselves, the robotic unicycle does the compensating. Honda pointed out in its unveiling video that the...
Sort by Gizmowatch (Free subscription) - 09/24/2009
I have never given a second thought to what Honda has delivered in the past (all’s been sheer exemplary). But I couldn’t hold myself from questioning here. Why on Earth a unicycle in scooter style? Do they want to see clowns taking to the streets...
Sort by Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) - 09/25/2009
… That is, unless you retire your old-timey, ridiculous looking unicycle in favor of this extremely awesome new-timey personal mobility device built by Honda. It is a compact experimental device that fits comfortably between the riders legs, to provide free movement in all directions just as in human walking forward, backward, side-to-side, and diagonally. So it's a cross between a Segway and a unicycle—for...
Sort by Techie Buzz (Free subscription) - 09/26/2009
We have seen Honda release weird products, cool products, awesome products and products which remain concepts. But products like the Honda U3-X make you long for the time when concepts will be commodified. Related Posts: Watch India vs England 2008 Hero Honda Cup ODI Series Live Online [Live Streaming Links] Google Store – Buy Stuff from Google What my desktop looks like Link Treats for the week may...
Sort by Crenk.com (Free subscription) - 12/07/2009
Honda seems to be light years ahead in terms of personal mobility products and the U3-X is their newest product. The U3-X is a cross between a unicycle and a Segway, as you will see from the video below, there are all sorts of things the 22-pound U3-X can do. The rider has the ability to [...]
Sort by NerdwithSwag.com (Free subscription) - 10/10/2009
Honda’s latest one-person unicycle-like scooter is intended for office use, home mobility and travel on sidewalks. Utilizing Honda’s break-through Omni Traction Drive System, it’s all electric motor is designed to provide free movement in all direction, stop, and accommodate speed accordingly by simply shifting body weight. Get a better feel for this next-gen transportation in [...] Related posts:...
Sort by Happy Catholic (Free subscription) - 09/24/2009
I just have visions of falling off ... yes, I know that's probably next to impossible but I'm just sayin'. Also does anyone else flash on the Wall-E humans in their personal chairs when they see this? Read all about it at Engadget . Thanks to Tom, my personal tech-alert guru, for the scoop.
Sort by Kineda (Free subscription) - 09/25/2009
Honda’s U3-X is a compact experimental device that fits comfortably between the rider’s legs, to provide free movement in all directions. U3-X ’s wheel looks like a regular large wheel, but the wheel is actually made up of several small wheels in a series. It weighs under 22 pounds, uses an electric motor, with a [...]
Sort by [FreshCreation.nl] (Free subscription) - 09/26/2009
Walking is so passé. There are several new personal mobility devices (like 1. Honda’s U3-X). So, I thought I would make a little list of them and several of my old favs.
Sort by Letter from Here (Free subscription) - 10/22/2009
This is the Honda U3-X , an experimental new "personal mobility device" being unveiling at the Tokyo Auto Show -- the Segway reinvented as a small unicycle. It weighs about 20 pounds and comes with an hour of battery life in its rechargable lithium-ion battery. The single wheel is made up of concentric smaller wheels that can turn at different computer-controlled speeds, taking their direction from...
