Honda Demonstrates Personal Transportation Device
From: Design News - 05/05/2010 - page 36
By: Charles J. Murray

Using tilt sensors and omni-directional traction system, U3-X device can move
in any direction 

Honda engineers provided a glimpse of the future last month, unveiling a
personal mobility device that looks like a boom box but rides like a unicycle. 

Known as the U3-X, the new device is being considered as a means of
pedestrian travel, particularly for people who need to walk long distances.
Moving at a top speed of about 6 kilometers per hour, the U3-X is said to be
fast enough and small enough to blend into everyday pedestrian traffic,
whether outdoors or indoors. 

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Honda, which is not yet marketing the U3-X, says it isn't yet sure of all its
possible uses. A Honda spokesman mentioned the possibility of using it as a
means of transport for the handicapped, and noted that the technology might
possibly also be incorporated into wheelchairs. 

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Link:
Honda Develops New Personal Mobility Device: U3-X (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCSQPnGkt78