Philip BendallApr 18, 20120 comments

Every Day is Earth Day with a Segway PT

Earth Day is 22 April. At Segway, it's Every Day! Today, Segway’s Personal Transporter (PT) is used by many different kinds of people and in a wide variety of ways....

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Philip BendallApr 11, 20120 comments

Freeview New Zealand: new tv advert features character on Segway PT

As the deadline for the end of analogue television broadcasting in New Zealand approaches, Freeview and rival SkyTV are ramping up advertising for their respective digital solutions. The latest Freeview...

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Philip BendallApr 2, 20120 comments

Segway on Q - new video promotes Queenstown tours

Segway on Q is one of New Zealand's longest-established Segway Tour businesses. Kevin and Joanne Hey pioneered guided tours along the picturesque Queenstown lakefront in 2006. Today, their business has...

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Philip BendallApr 1, 20120 comments

Self-balancing for mobility, productivity and fun (even on snow and ice)

When controversial broadcaster Paul Henry interviewed Philip Bendall (Managing Director of Segway New Zealand Limited) last month on RadioLIVE he was initially disbelieving that a Segway Personal Transporter (PT) is...

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Philip BendallMar 29, 20120 comments

Wounded warriors to receive free Segway PTs on deck of aircraft carrier

Wounded soldiers from USA's wars overseas are to receive free Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) in a ceremony on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Midway on 4 April 2012....

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Philip BendallMar 22, 20120 comments

Students mount frickin' laser beam on Segway PT at Auckland University School of Engineering

Segway New Zealand's managing director Philip Bendall completed a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Auckland. So he was thrilled when Dr Karl Stol of the School of...

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Philip BendallMar 20, 20120 comments

TEK Mobilization Device and Lit Motor C-1 balancing motorcycle [updated]

Dean Kamen invented the iBot as a re-imagining of what the electric wheelchair could be to bring vastly improved personal mobility to individuals unable to stand or walk. He invented...

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Philip BendallMar 15, 20120 comments

They have disabled use of Segway PTs at the Kansas Fair now, Toto

In 2010 the US Federal Government mandated the Segway Personal Transporter (PT) be recognised as a mobility device under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). State governments and businesses throughout...

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Philip BendallFeb 21, 20120 comments

Working on the Waterfront

The NZ International Arts Festival starts in Wellington this Friday, and the Segway Personal Transporter (PT) is playing a key productivity role in transforming the waterfront on time. The biggest...

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Philip BendallFeb 16, 20120 comments

First "Segway law" passed 10 years ago today in USA

The Segway Personal Transporter (PT) was unveiled more than a decade ago. Just two months later the world's first new law defining and regulating the worlds first self-balancing 'human transporter'...

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Philip BendallFeb 13, 20120 comments

Auckland in Fifty Years

(or, Predicting the Future: Part 1) Here is a way to predict what the future is going to look like: start with things as they are today, then dream up...

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Philip BendallFeb 9, 20120 comments

NZ Herald article misrepresents Segway safety

Yesterday's NZ Herald featured an article about how staff at Auckland Real Estate business James Law Reality are using a pair of Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) to get between appointments...

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Philip BendallFeb 7, 20120 comments

Superbowl Segway PTs, Auckland Lantern Festival, Tauranga AirShow

While Kiwis enjoyed a Waitangi Day Long Weekend, America was enjoying the annual Superbowl. Again this year the American Automobile Association deployed staff on Segway Personal Transporters (PTs). The AAA's...

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Philip BendallJan 30, 20120 comments

Segway gyroscope: Silicon Sensing keeps PT in balance [UPDATED - twice!]

UPDATED: 2 January 2013 (see "Segway 'thumbs-up' for PinPoint" below) UPDATED: 7 February 2024 (see "Silicon Sensing 25 years in business, 65% growth in past 5" below) This little box...

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Philip BendallJan 28, 20120 comments

Free Jaffas - Auckland NOW promotion on Anniversary Weekend

It is a beautiful three days of summer holiday for those parts of New Zealand celebrating Auckland Anniversary Weekend - a public holiday that harks back to the days when...

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Philip BendallJan 25, 20120 comments

Road Runner vs Coyote on a "Segway" (a prologue?)

One of the most-read articles at Segway NZ News is Road Runner vs Wile E. Coyote on a Segway PT. It mentions the three new 3D episodes released to cinema...

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Philip BendallJan 25, 20120 comments

Segway, Inc. celebrates 10 years of 'Simply Moving'

Segway, Inc. has re-launched its blog, and you can subscribe to their regular postings to keep up to date with the latest information. The current feature signals future expansion and...

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Philip BendallJan 14, 20120 comments

Segway Racing ramps up interest in electric transportation

Segway Racing enjoyed world-beating success during 2011, attracting a whole new level of attention to electric transportation. Once upon a time electric vehicles meant short range, low speed, heavy weight...

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