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Biotech / Medical : Dean Kamen and Ginger ??? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CVJ who wrote (240)	12/4/2001 7:37:16 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 377

Sorry, this article has the ultimate take - and got the corruption in first... satirewire.com AMAZING NEW "SEGWAY HUMAN TRANSPORTER" APPARENTLY NOT CHECKED FOR ACRONYM Honestly, We're Not Making This SHT Up Manchester, N.H (SatireWire.com) — After a year-long buildup during which it was known as the mysterious "Ginger," the revolutionary, scooter-like "Segway Human Transporter" was unveiled Monday without first being checked for its potential acronym. As a result, the media was totally full of SHT stories, while investors on Wall Street were hoping inventor Dean Kamen would take his SHT public so they could get a piece of SHT. ... At $3,000 each, however, the consumer model may be out of reach of all but the most generous of gift givers. "If it's three grand, I just won't give a SHT," said Holly Dumal of Princeton, N.J. "I wish they'd make a cheap SHT." And so on. For your 'electric golf cart', check out the 'Sinclair C5' pictured at bottom, here. news.bbc.co.uk It had the same purpose - short distance commutes, in-town, use like a bike, etc. It was a brief fad, then a complete flop. And ruined the reputation of its (undoubtedly genius) inventor.