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I don’t get all the negativity. Price will come down. - I can think of lots of jobs that employers would love their staff to move faster. - I like how these
by gghffguhvc 4y ago
I don’t get all the negativity.
Price will come down.
- I can think of lots of jobs that employers would love their staff to move faster.
- I like how these could make public transport commuting faster between home and transport and transport and destination.
- I like the way they don’t replace the shoe
- kekkidy 4y ago[dead]
- bfeynman 4y agoI can guarantee you that this doesn't work well on anything other than perfectly cleared sidewalks and freshly paved roads. Could not imagine workplace lawsuits that will happen when someone falls and alleges shoe was at fault. Seems cool, not worth the hassle .
- fasthands9 4y agoI think there are probably warehouse settings where a product like this (assuming it worked) would be valuable. These places are going to be mostly flat predictable floors anyway. If you can reduce the amount of man hours needed that saves on labor as well other health related costs. Though perhaps by the time tech will work full scale robotics would be able to replace most of these workers anyway.
- Baeocystin 4y agoWe used beach cruiser bicycles at the shipyard. Worked great, no app or electronics required!
- a4isms 4y agoWay back in the early 80s when I worked in a bicycle store, we used to sell adult tricycles to Air Canada. The aircraft mechanics had a choice between golf carts and tricycles for getting around, but the trikes were popular because so many of them grew overweight and had health issues from being extremely sedentary. Riding around on a trike let them get across big hangers quickly, carry tools and small parts comfortably, and give them a moderate amount of exercise every day.
- trynewideas 4y ago2023 headline: "Amazon warehouse union files complaint after mandatory not-skates collision breaks picker's leg, causes concussion"
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- gghffguhvc 4y agoWired journalist using them on potholed roads. https://youtu.be/qe4CHWulnDs?t=223 https://youtu.be/qe4CHWulnDs?t=223 He was impressed with how well they work on bad surfaces.
- avereveard 4y agolove all the cuts on that section of the video, absolutely nothing fishy happening in between.
- gghffguhvc 4y agoOn second viewing I agree that is pretty dodgy.
- spiderice 4y agoYeah the cut right at 3:58 when he is about to step in to the pothole is pretty suspect. It shows immediately before and immediately after. Can't think of a reason they would cut it that way unless they're intentionally trying not to show it.
- okasaki 4y agoSeems like typical youtube editing...
- bfeynman 4y agoalso listening to how rickety it is, probably not so great for your knees.
- gibolt 4y agoBatteries and efficient, small electric motors are enabling so many unique form factors. Objects like this fill lots of niches, and should be exciting even if you aren't the target demographic. Clever transmissions like this could work in lots of use cases that weren't previously possible.
- ninkendo 4y agoNot just the batteries and motors but the controller chips and sensors needed to make the experience smooth… products like these only work if you have a decent microcontroller determining how much power to feed the motor based on minute changes in input and balance.
- JustSomeNobody 4y ago> - I can think of lots of jobs that employers would love their staff to move faster. I hear they're just going to use riding crops instead.
- ActorNightly 4y agoThey also don't offer really any value. Compare this to a simple foldable electric scooter. It allows you get to places much faster, and has similar attributes in terms of things you do outside of commuting, is way cheaper and more reliable. For the hyper-optimization of walking in crowded places at a slightly elevated pace, you basically have to convince someone that spending x amount of money instead of leaving x minutes earlier is worth it, and that x has to be in the range of play money for an average person, because the latter is free. In general, if you are pushing a product that isn't relying on lifestyle marketing, or isn't radical new technology, the product needs to be an optimization on something existing, and when considering what it optimizes, you need to look at an entire picture, not just the particular item.
- manmal 4y agoI could easily enter public transport with these, that’s not always the case with scooters where I live. Scooters are also quite heavy and can hit things while carrying them around. I don‘t consider scooters suitable for my commute, and they haven’t really gotten the adoption from commuters they should have if they were that good.
- Karrot_Kream 4y ago(Sorry for the tangent.) Are the spaces tight enough around you where the scooter is inconvenient? I didn't expect e-scooters to become as popular as they did where I live but they've taken the area by storm, and it seems especially strong among the crowd that still commutes.
- manmal 4y agoYes I think spaces are just too tight, people would constantly bump each other. Or often there’s just not enough space to stow a scooter.
- asdff 4y agoI see people bring scooters on the train. The issue is people have these huge hulking scooters that they refuse to fold up (not the kind bird uses these things look like they are 50 lbs), so they are standing there holding the handles while 3ish feet of scooter is sitting behind them taking up valuable floor space on the train. Plus it only works with a few people on board, if the entire train of people each had a scooter we'd have to redesign our stations to be way longer to fit the longer trains needed to accomodate all the wasted space. Bikes are the same way on the train honestly: great if you are the only one with a bike, clumsy if you aren't. My skateboard on the other hand, I just stick it in between my legs and its like its not there.
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- wnolens 4y agoIt's just so much engineering for such marginal benefit over alternatives. I can contrive a use-case where this is better, but I have to contrive it.
- christkv 4y agoA log European cities have banned scooters from the sidewalk. This would not have that limit and would mean less risk than riding with the cars on a scooter.
- kristopolous 4y agoThe price will come down via clone products from overseas manufacturers. Oftentimes recently it's been the reverse; the well funded product is an expensive clone of a readily available but niche thing that can be bought generic. I just checked. If you look up "motorized shoes -moonwalker" you'll see lots of designs. It looks like a busy but not well funded market