Electric bike has wheels side by side

[Michael Moore]

I saw this in the NY Times:

Ben Gulak, a freshman at M.I.T., going for a spin on his Uno, an electric motorcycle that has side-by-side wheels and achieves balance using a gyroscope.


and it occurred to me that Mr. Smarty-Pants MIT doesn't have the common sense to wear a helmet on that contraption? If ever something looked like it would give you a solid face-plant, that thing does.

[desmoquattro]

That used to be Desmostro's logo, if I recall...then again, that logo had a guy wearing a helmet

[johnc]

That used to be Desmostro's logo, if I recall...then again, that logo had a guy wearing a helmet

why would one need a helmet?  that thing looks as safe as a blind man operating a wrecking ball 

[Desmostro]

We did a thread on this once. It's a hacked Segway with some squid parts. It goes like 13.

That used to be Desmostro's logo, if I recall...then again, that logo had a guy wearing a helmet

That guy was me wearing a helmet 

[desmoquattro]

We did a thread on this once. It's a hacked Segway with some squid parts. It goes like 13.
That guy was me wearing a helmet 

[Labbedds]

Nice wheelie.