Honda's U3-X: A Geek-Friendly Unicycle

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:50 AM EDT

Article Source: PC World

Gentlemen, start your incredibly lazy engines: Honda has a new answer for those of us too tired to get off our keisters. Meet the U3-X "personal mobility device," a unicycle-like ride that makes heading into the kitchen for pie as easy as -- well, pie.

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Red Wolf

Sure to excite mall cops everywhere, the Honda U3-X makes the Segway look like an outdated piece of junk that no one in their right mind would ride. (Actually, the Segway already looked like that. Disregard.) The device is a 2-foot tall infinity-symbol lookalike with two pull-out pads for your tuchas. Marketed as a mobility device that "co-exists in harmony with people" -- yes, seriously -- the U3-X lets you hop a squat and zip around a room simply by shifting your body weight.

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#1 - Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:50 AM EDT

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Far be it for me to tell Honda how to spend their money. But in my opinion the time effort and money, could have gone to something better than a novelty, that has virtually no usefull purpose. I mean only about an hour runtime. Not even the mall cop mentioned would find any advantages over walking.

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#2 - Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:32 AM EDT

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Red Wolf

Honda make a lot of stuff like this.

It never goes live, but it does have a clueless press drooling over them. They get free PR and the developed technology will likely end up in a car two years down the track.

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#2.1 - Sat Sep 26, 2009 5:27 PM EDT

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Pvt-Public

A self-balancing car, that goes faster and turns tighter than more you lean? I seriously doubt it.

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#2.2 - Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:53 PM EDT

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Red Wolf

No, it will end up elsewhere, in the suspension or seating or elsewhere. Or in their motorcycle range, possibly only in their racing bikes. It's all R&D.

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#2.3 - Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:58 PM EDT

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And yes they do get lots of good R&D PR from the clueless. Not to mention it looks great in the techie trade rags!

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#2.4 - Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:20 PM EDT

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