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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ahead of his time? It is a different product working with a different (and far older) principle?

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Useful product but where is the revolution

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 months ago

In the wheels obviously