Mar 27 2010Suck It, Segway, I Hate Standing: There's A New Self Balancing Rideable Thing In Town
The Taurus is a conceptual self-balancing vehicle designed by Erik Lanuza. It's basically a Segway with a seat that makes it loosely look like you're riding a bull/motorcycle. But not enough to be cool. Don't be fooled, children will still throw rocks at you. And I'm gonna join them. But from across the street because I'm not a pederast.
Taurus Concept Starts With The Segway And Adds Cool [ohgizmo]
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Reader Comments
1. Chilibo - March 27, 2010 11:20 AM
Yeah.
2. e - March 27, 2010 11:20 AM
neat, First
3. Chilibo - March 27, 2010 11:21 AM
Sorry bout that had to claim firsties once in my life. *check*
4. paul - March 27, 2010 12:19 PM
It's no use - not even Bombardier could make a Segway look cool:
http://criticallyendangered.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/motorized-unicycles-what-next-robot-clowns/
Anyway you slice it, Segways are the short-bus of the future.
5. THE GAME - March 27, 2010 12:32 PM
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7. UY - March 27, 2010 12:42 PM
Are there actually people too lazy to stand up on a Segway? The thing that's always bugged me about those is that they aren't a substitute for driving, they're a substitute for walking.
8. Jean Paul Muchon - March 27, 2010 1:06 PM
reminds me the "IT" machine invented by Mr Garrison in South Park.
9. Lanzje - March 27, 2010 1:40 PM
I cinda like it
10. mr obvious - March 27, 2010 2:11 PM
what's next? wheelchairs???
11. Lanzje - March 27, 2010 3:51 PM
Wheelchairs?!... Genius... thats would be cool, You can sit and would be mobile at the same time.
some body should make that, I would buy it!
12. zeke - March 27, 2010 5:38 PM
Haha SWEET! But one question... Dose the girl with? Although she would look better not being in orange :/
13. Alexandra - March 27, 2010 9:03 PM
WTF? That's almost the same design as the motorcycle that appears on the manga of Battle Angel Alita! Copy cats...
14. Nalong - March 27, 2010 10:34 PM
doesn't this remind anyone of Rideback anime? if you add some arms you get yourself a rideback, god darn copy cats! shame on them!
15. blueZorro - March 27, 2010 11:31 PM
It would be cooler if it was a unicycle, and what happened to motorcycles?
16. _me - March 28, 2010 2:50 AM
@16. blueZorro - I was kinda thinking the same thing, swap a tire on to the front of it and you have yourself a genuine electric motorcycle!
17. Conceptual Equals Imaginary - March 28, 2010 3:23 AM
Not impressed. Hey, let's mock up some absurd thing, like a Dino Segway and see who goes gaga over it. ;-)
18. Rich Waffle-U - March 29, 2010 4:07 AM
At least if a Segway breaks down or runs out of juice you have a chance to just step off as it falls rapidly to the floor. This is just nose-breaking cruelty.
19. &*$# - March 29, 2010 9:35 AM
FU 5&6!
Also... YAY Dragonball bikes!
20. Elwood Moose - March 29, 2010 9:35 AM
What's a pederast dude?
(I am the walrus.)
21. S J West - March 29, 2010 11:19 AM
This is a sweet concept? Allow the whole top to lean around fully 4 way, and then you've got an incredibly dangerous alternative to a motorbike.
22. Ben - March 29, 2010 3:58 PM
I think it looks kinda like the mechsuit from district 9... but with wheels.