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BY JOE CHIODO


You’ve probably heard of the Segway, right?  Well now Honda is taking hold of the ropes with its new version of an alternative walking device.  It’s call the UNI-CUB -- or as some are saying… the segway for your butt.   XETV has the story.

“You sit on the top and control it by shifting your weight backwards or side to side...It goes about four miles per hour.  Unlike the segway though, it’s small enough to be used indoors.”

New York Daily News says creators have billed the device as...

“...allowing the “same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys while walking”

The UNI-CUB is the world’s first omni-directional driving wheel system.   But CNN says why not just walk?

“How lazy can we get?  Apparently this Lazy...a personal mobility device.  Remember when your legs were your personal mobility device.  Oh not so much more.  It’s kind of like an electric mobile office chair.”

And News 12 Long Island agrees.  They say it could only worsen a growing epidemic.

“You talk about obesity in America, you could go through the drive-thru with that without a problem.  Pick up a big mac on the stool with wheels.”

But According to Honda’s website , the company is simply...

“...aiming always to offer more and more people the joy and fun that comes from freedom of movement.”

Honda says that it will be tested by Japan’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in June.  If successful, it could hit the market later this year.