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TALK OF SELF-BALANCING scooters or ‘hoverboards’ may have dominated the Christmas period, but it’s easy to forget that Segway is still around.
The company, whose products have fallen in popularity, was bought by Chinese company Ninebot back in April, but it’s hoping to recover lost ground by announcing a Segway that’s part transport device, part robot helper.
The Ninebot Segway looks similar to any other self-balancing scooter. It’s a two-wheeled device with no handles and can travel at speeds of up to 18km/h, but when you get off, it can turn into a mini-robot that can help you out.
Ninebot designed the robot Segway in conjunction with Intel using RealSense – a system that includes a 1080p camera, an infrared camera and an infrared laser projector and allows devices to see the world like we would. In this case, it allows the robot to sense its way around a house, recognising both its surroundings and people.
At Intel’s keynote at CES 2016, it showed some of the things the Ninebot robot can do. It can check who is entering a house (if it’s connected with a smart door sensor) and use its camera and sensors to navigate its way around a room. It also records the footage it sees so you can view it in real-time and can follow a person around if they command it.
The robot runs on open platform software meaning developers can come up with their own uses for the robot.
A developer kit will be made available in the second half of this year, but Ninebot didn’t say when a commercial version would be released.
“I’ve always loathed the necessity of sleep. Like death, it puts even the most powerful men on their backs.” – welcome back Frank
Ha ha, hes some CUNextTusday, isnt he. Cant wait to start it this weekend.
Frank Underwood has thought me not to waste time on things that aren’t important to me.
As a result i have taken the day off school to watch Season 3.
Its the only way to get ahead! <- See what I did there….
Damn, I have to go to work and just wanna stay home to binge watch it!
John – I’m surprised you don’t rate Kevin Spaceys performance as he’s widely regarded as being one of the greatest modern villainous characters & makes the most outrageous plot lines / scenes believable. Of course when you continue to support really nasty politicians and their real life actions then perhaps Frank Underwood just isn’t hardcore enough for you!!
Hes like Walter White but with so much more power to do worse than Walt.
I did think S2 got bogged down a bit.
The Tusk/China stuff seemed a bit too contrived, coupled with a president with the street smarts of an 8 year old.
I’m angry with myself for not taking an annual leave day today!
Don’t know about Doug, he looked pretty damn dead to me at the end of the episode. He was a bit of an idiot about Rachel but it will be interesting to see how Frank gets on without his cleaner-upper :)
Raymond Tusk…
Wow, I really need to separate fact from fiction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Tusk
Fantastic show and very likely it isn’t too far from the truth in American politics.
Russo for Governor!
Poor old Russo.
Never stood a chance.
I won’t be binge watching it… Want to enjoy it … But it will be watched befor Monday morning :) (greatest show on Netflix)
Nice one, off til tuesday after today and have zero wkend plans(apart from the match). I guess I have plans now
The 90s UK version was superior. Original and best.
just started watching this today, wasn’t expecting much of it to be honest but im hooked on it now ! Great series.
A great show so far- and now frank has a finger beside the Nuclear switch -looking forward to the third series-
Just finished fringe this week, 7 episodes of breaking bad left, will finish that at the weekend. Never seen one bit of house of cards yet, will start that on tues after better call Saul, I love Netflix. Even more so since I discovered hola to watch US.
Kevin Spacey is the weakest part of this program. He just doesn’t seem anything other than Kevin Spacey putting on a southern drawl.
Everything else is great, particularly Robin Wright.
The man who first said “everybody is entitled to their opinion” would have probably never said it if he had read your comment first.
Kevin Spacey’s performance is what makes the show work!!
I might have been spoiled by the BBC original version. For me Ian Richardson was a much more believable menacing slimeball character than Spacey.
Its a great show, KS is one of the finest actors of his generation, my favorite bit of HoC is when YFG compared a scheming Frank Underwood to FG politicians, well done yfg.
IR from the original series edges it for me with the FU character but overall the American version is much better.
John, you’re entitled to your opinion – but you’re wrong!
Spellcheck please – the word is bingeing with an ‘e’, unless it’s a surfeit of Chandler from Friends, then it’s binging.
It is stacked against you?
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