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  • #61
    Originally posted by KrazyHorse
    No. Otherwise it's a perpetual motion machine, a notion I have severe problems with. Leaning backwards and forwards simply activates a control mechanism.
    My understanding is that it does us gravity to pull you backwards and forewards, but has some kind of counter-balance tool inside to keep you from tipping (same one found in his wheelchair no doubt)?

    That's why it's only 8 mph.
    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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    • #62
      Walking is for wussies.
      "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.

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      • #63
        Then you would always have to use it on a downward slope - unless some of the kinetic energy moving downhill is stored via a generator for uphill/flat travel.

        If the machine only works on gravity, then it is completely useless, or a perpetual motion machine.

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        • #64
          Originally posted by Eli
          Walking is for wussies.
          I heard you're really fat.

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          • #65
            Originally posted by Zylka
            Then you would always have to use it on a downward slope - unless some of the kinetic energy moving downhill is stored via a generator for uphill/flat travel.

            If the machine only works on gravity, then it is completely useless, or a perpetual motion machine.
            It's not a perpetual motion machine because it requires energy in the form of a counter balance (that's why it runs on batteries).
            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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            • #66
              **** this!! I want my hover board!!
              ...people like to cry a lot... - Pekka
              ...we just argue without evidence, secure in our own superiority. - Snotty

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              • #67
                Originally posted by Asher

                (that's why it runs on batteries).
                Therefore, it does not run solely on gravitational potential energy, mmmk?

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                • #68
                  Originally posted by Asher

                  My understanding is that it does us gravity to pull you backwards and forewards, but has some kind of counter-balance tool inside to keep you from tipping (same one found in his wheelchair no doubt)?

                  That's why it's only 8 mph.
                  And I'm telling you that what you're proposing violates:

                  The first law of Thermodynamics
                  The second law of Thermodynamics
                  Newton's theory of gravity/mechanics
                  etc.
                  12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                  Stadtluft Macht Frei
                  Killing it is the new killing it
                  Ultima Ratio Regum

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                  • #69
                    Originally posted by KrazyHorse
                    And I'm telling you that what you're proposing violates:

                    The first law of Thermodynamics
                    The second law of Thermodynamics
                    Newton's theory of gravity/mechanics
                    etc.
                    So how does it work?
                    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                    • #70
                      Originally posted by Asher

                      It's not a perpetual motion machine because it requires energy in the form of a counter balance (that's why it runs on batteries).
                      Ummm...in other words, gravity does not "pull you forwards"

                      Gravity pulls you down, not sideways.

                      If you lean forward on this machine, it automatically engages the drive wheels forwards. This has the dual effect of keeping you upright and driving you forward.
                      12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                      Stadtluft Macht Frei
                      Killing it is the new killing it
                      Ultima Ratio Regum

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                      • #71
                        Yup yup.

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                        • #72
                          "8mph is at least twice as fast as you walking. Get on a treadmill and set it to 4 miles an hour and you'll see what I mean."

                          -When I'm not specifically walking with someone 5mph is my average walk speed. (Yes, I actually went to a treadmill a couple months ago to figure this up.) I can maintain a walk at 6mph for about half a minute before I slow down or break into a jog. And I can maintain 5mph on a 10% slope easy... I'm not sure a wheeled vehicle like ginger wouldn't be slowed down.

                          "Walking is for wussies."

                          -Tell you what, how about we drop you in some wilderness area 10miles from civilization and tell you to walk. Since it's so wussy you shouldn't mind.
                          "The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
                          -Joan Robinson

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                          • #73
                            "But think about city use. Who is going to drive uptown when they can simply hop on and ride? It'll be 4x faster than walking, and won't cost gasoline! No traffic, no road rage, no hefty insurance bills. Hell, why would anyone use a car when they could use this? It would pay for itself if you factor in cab fare/gasoline, insurance costs, etc."

                            I agree with everyone who thinks that this will eventually be revolutionary. I may be one of the first to purchase it. Consider my circumstances...

                            4 blocks to work
                            4 blocks to get a cup of coffee on the weekend
                            9 blocks to the national mall
                            4 miles to the closest theather with stadium seating

                            This will be an ideal device for me. There are a ton of places that are just out of walking distance, but well within striking distance for even a 10 MPH device. It would vastly increase the real estate values of locations right outside of the city core.

                            Just think it through!
                            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                            • #74
                              Isn't that what a bike does for you already?

                              Faster and cheaper.
                              12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                              Stadtluft Macht Frei
                              Killing it is the new killing it
                              Ultima Ratio Regum

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                              • #75
                                DanS -

                                I think a lot of people are ignoring the fact that the computer started out as a device which people thought "that's it?" to. You have to think of the inovative ways this motor and machine can be used, not only in industry, but for personal use. Think of all the things it can be modified to become
                                "Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
                                You provide no source. You PROVIDE NOTHING! And yet you want to destroy capitalism.. you criminal..." - Fez

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