Segway company owner dies in Segway accident. It sounds like a joke gone bad, or at the very least, like lyrics in Alanis Morrissette’s always-annoying “Ironic.” It’s all apparently true, however: Jimi Heselden, owner of Segway Inc., reportedly died in an accident in which he careened over a cliff in Great Britain while riding one of his company’s motorized two-wheel personal transporters. The story has blown up the Internet this afternoon. Google Trends currently shows that “Segway accident” is the fifth-most popular topic on the Internet. “Segway owner dies” is the third-most popular search term this afternoon, and “James Heselden”…
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They aren’t exactly T-1000 Terminators from the future, but the Marine Corps is adding a few high-tech robots to its bag of training tools. One, known as ‘Rover,’ is a moving smart target based on a Segway platform. Produced by Australian-based Marathon Robotics, it can zoom around firing ranges and mimic the behavior of insurgents, foreign fighters and civilians in a combat zone. When fired on, they even scramble for cover. [brightcove video=”79569380001″ /] Currently used by Australian armed forces, the Marine Corps will test them this summer before deciding whether to integrate them into standard training. On another front,…
