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Well, off the top of my head... Add some ML, get luggage/groceries/whatever that follows you. Use omni-wheels, correct for user error, make safer devices that

Well, off the top of my head... Add some ML, get luggage/groceries/whatever that follows you. Use omni-wheels, correct for user error, make safer devices that are harder to fall off of. Self-balancing fold-away rollerblades? How does the market change when your wheels are something you put on in the morning and don't take off all day? Like shoes. Use a rocker-bogies to make curb-climbing practical (electric skateboards that can climb right up a flight of steps?). Dynamic shock absorbers that read the terrain in front of it, and provide steady performance over rough ground. Maybe curb and stair-climbing. Those wheels from snowcrash.

ihuman 9y ago
>Self-balancing fold-away rollerblades? How does the market changes when your wheels are something you put on in the morning and don't take off all day? Like shoes. Like Heelys, but "smarter"?
- traverseda 9y ago
  I was imagining more of a bracer sort of thing. Bigger wheels, self-balancing, straps to your shin. Better ankle support since these things are going to be powered. Not built-in to your shoes, so you don't need to replace it as often and you can stash it if for some reason you don't want to look like a weirdo. Bigger wheels, probably just one wheel per foot, probably self-balancing. Jump and flick to deploy or stow, large single-wheel moves to the back of your leg when stowed. But yes, I suppose like heelys.
komali2 9y ago
>Those wheels from snowcrash Who do I give all my money to for this edit: regarding " get luggage/groceries/whatever that follows you," I do recall now my first day in San Francisco seeing someone on a jog near the wharfs with a little robot on wheels following him with his keys in a bucket on it. Looked very homemade.
- traverseda 9y ago
  I suspect dynamic shocks and a few more wheels are a better solution. A row of like 6 wheels on the leading edge, offset from one another, should be able to accomplish a lot of the same things.
losteric 9y ago
Self-driving longboards Or, more seriously, the broader class of self-driving vehicles for disabled: driver assistance for quadriplegic wheel chairs, segways for the blind (self-navigating, or just obstacle avoidance with tactile feedback for manual navigation)
gyrgtyn 9y ago
> Add some ML, get luggage/groceries/whatever that follows you. Oh god, they're going to put skateboard wheels on Big Dog

ihuman 9y ago

>Self-balancing fold-away rollerblades? How does the market changes when your wheels are something you put on in the morning and don't take off all day? Like shoes. Like Heelys, but "smarter"?

traverseda 9y ago
I was imagining more of a bracer sort of thing. Bigger wheels, self-balancing, straps to your shin. Better ankle support since these things are going to be powered. Not built-in to your shoes, so you don't need to replace it as often and you can stash it if for some reason you don't want to look like a weirdo. Bigger wheels, probably just one wheel per foot, probably self-balancing. Jump and flick to deploy or stow, large single-wheel moves to the back of your leg when stowed. But yes, I suppose like heelys.

komali2 9y ago

>Those wheels from snowcrash Who do I give all my money to for this edit: regarding " get luggage/groceries/whatever that follows you," I do recall now my first day in San Francisco seeing someone on a jog near the wharfs with a little robot on wheels following him with his keys in a bucket on it. Looked very homemade.

traverseda 9y ago
I suspect dynamic shocks and a few more wheels are a better solution. A row of like 6 wheels on the leading edge, offset from one another, should be able to accomplish a lot of the same things.

losteric 9y ago

Self-driving longboards Or, more seriously, the broader class of self-driving vehicles for disabled: driver assistance for quadriplegic wheel chairs, segways for the blind (self-navigating, or just obstacle avoidance with tactile feedback for manual navigation)

gyrgtyn 9y ago

> Add some ML, get luggage/groceries/whatever that follows you. Oh god, they're going to put skateboard wheels on Big Dog