Uno - not your grandma’s Segway

Posted in In the News by Noah on June 30th, 2008

19 year old inventor Ben J. Poss Gulak has developed what can best be described as a Segway that would fit in nicely in Blade Runner:

Uno unicycle

Gulak calls his creation the Uno, and he was inspired to create it when he saw the intense pollution of China caused by the myriad of small gas powered scooters in the cities. He sought to make electric vehicles more chic, and hence the unconventional styling of the Uno.

The Uno is electric powered, has two wheels located right next to each other and, like the Segway, uses gyroscopes to keep things under control. Top speed of the current model is 12.5 mph, although Gulak thinks that 40 mph might be doable in the future.

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