>From CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/12/03/segway.ap/
Ginger' is a scooter December 3, 2001 Posted: 8:03 AM EST (1303 GMT) NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation is finally learning what "IT" actually is. Capping months of rampant speculation about his mysterious and much- ballyhooed invention, Dean Kamen unveiled the Segway Human Transporter on Monday, a one-person, battery-powered scooter that supporters say will revolutionize transportation much like the automobile did a century ago. Kamen and his backers have big hopes for the agile Segway, saying the scooter will displace awkward, polluting cars, leading to a realigned cityscape that is more people-friendly. The Segway, initially known only as its code names "IT" and "Ginger," "will be to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy," Kamen told Time magazine for Monday's edition. "Cars are great for going long distances. But it makes no sense at all for people in cities to use a 4,000- pound piece of metal ..." Jon
