Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoWhat is a product that didn't live up to its advertised claims?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down13
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a product that didn't live up to its advertised claims?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareValenThyme@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·3 days agoGinger the Segway was supposed to revolutionize the way we view cities!
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 days agoTBF electric scooters are doing that now. Dude was just ahead of his time. Also if you take “the way we view cities” literally, they definitely did since they became a popular way for tourists to view a city.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoAhead of his time? It is a different product working with a different (and far older) principle?
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoThe principle here that matters is “personal electric low-skill vehicle”. Segway tried it first, but electric scooters were way cheaper, and the GPS/smartphone technology helped it a lot.
minus-squarelechatron@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoThe hype leading up to its reveal was wild.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days agoI remember trying one in a section of a science museum as a kid!
Gingerthe Segway was supposed to revolutionize the way we view cities!TBF electric scooters are doing that now. Dude was just ahead of his time.
Also if you take “the way we view cities” literally, they definitely did since they became a popular way for tourists to view a city.
Useful product but where is the revolution
In the wheels obviously
Ahead of his time? It is a different product working with a different (and far older) principle?
The principle here that matters is “personal electric low-skill vehicle”. Segway tried it first, but electric scooters were way cheaper, and the GPS/smartphone technology helped it a lot.
The hype leading up to its reveal was wild.
I remember trying one in a section of a science museum as a kid!