Honda has just unveiled what it thinks is the future of commuting- an electric unicycle. They're calling it a 'personal mobility device' intended to target commuters and the elderly. It's basically a Segway scooter that you can sit on, which forges ahead or side-to-side based on your upper body movement. Seems a little too freaky to be practical, and since the battery can only run for an hour before needing to be re-charged, it eliminates some pretty large markets of commuters. Plus- there's no place to hold your stuff! I don't know why that's a sticking point to me, but it is. If the Segway didn't take off like wildfire (though god bless the 'Segs in the City' tour of Washington D.C. best. use. ever.) why would this thing strike gold? It's a freaking Honda for chrissake! Maybe if Daewoo had developed it, I'd feel differently. But I will not commute on a motorized unicycle. Would you?
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