Anti-terrorist drill reveals Segway attack plan, legions of embarrassed patrolmen
By Darren Murph 
posted July 3rd 2008 10:21PM
posted July 3rd 2008 10:21PM
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Of course any criminal with even half a brain would throw some appropriate material on the ground that would disable those segways, not that terrorists at an olympic event ever announce themselves and then start running of course, what their MO is is pretending to NOT be terrorist then getting into the building of the athletes and take them hostage, good luck with your segway at that point.
Of course the only material he's probably gonna have is his own crap after he sees like 50 of these guys coming after him.
I wonder how that Dean Kamen guy feels about this anyway?
they should customise these with something like a shield and a light machine gun...lol
This whole chain of responses just shows how some of the haters on engadget have deep seated racism issues they need to deal with. You might not know any better, but you can get >fucking< coordinated on a segway. Sure, most segway noobies are hilarious screwups, but when you are good on that thing, watch out. In particular, you could imagine they getting rid of the handlebars altogether and having some sort of ski or snowboard like "clip in" system on the feet, and they could just swoosh around on those segways, once they get used to the control. it would be a lot closer to hoverboard than clumsy chariot.
Jason is factually misinformed about the segway. You CAN lean forward and backwards on a segway. Thats actually how you get it to go forwards and backwards. And you CAN crouch on a segway, but it takes a lot more control.
I think a lot of the people hating on the chinese are basically unable to open their minds to new possibilities, and are writing this off because they just basically dont have any respect for asian people. You idiots need to deal with your racism issues. You might never have met any chinese; those people might look stupid in that picture right now, but they will figure out how to get that shit working hardcore, and pretty soon we will be paying to send our law enforcement officers over to china for segway instruction and theory.
What's wrong with just using your feet to get around?
Their still no match for Chuck Norris
They see my roll on... my segway
I know in my heart they think I'm
a twinky!
I think that this is a very effective way, if not the most effective way in this case, for getting quickly from the 'base' to the place of conflict in a crowded area...
The Olympic site in Beijing is HUGE and will be way too crowded to be able to effectively move around in a 4 wheeled vehicle. Running is completely out of question because, compared to this, it's too slow and tiring. And carrying all of that armour and equipment doesn't help either. Besides, this thing lifts you up a feet or two making you actually see where you are going and who you're following in a crowd.
Moving forward at high speed while being able to shoot in a steady fashion (that's relative) just... can't be bad. And can't be done with legs only.
And yes, they aren't glued to the thing and can jump of the thing any time they want, in less than half of a second... All the running up stairs wining over here doesn't make any sense.
Believe me, you'd crap your pants if you saw a unit like this coming at you at high speed while steadily aiming at you.
ROFL...
Photo Shoped!
they must have sore balls after that training, and thighs of steel!
I think the reason why they don't attach the guns to the segway is they still need to aim it properly to the terrorist (do they even get attacked by one in that country?) Unless they all have some obvious laser pointers which will literally freak out the crowd... also the recoil might be confusing segway to balance itself or balance the user on it, maybe...
Attaching a shield infront would be great for protection but the weight might be too much for that machine to balance with the person on it too.
the recoil might be really easy to handle as long as the person can balance well as the segway itself is helping the user balance too. Also slightly kneeling like that for 1) controlling the segway and 2) lowering your center of gravity can make it easier for the machine to balance you more and also help with the aiming.
Now please show a video so we can see it actually work!
Can't wait to see the pic of a TiananmenS quare style standoff with these guys...
Fear the kung fu tech squad
Imagine a V Shaped formation rushing to you shooting with incredible precision
or maybe some chambara moves or some drunken master technics of random movements.
or maybe their segways are tunned, with nitro and turbo...
bur seriously, this can be a trend, put a shield on the front and sides
maybe a way to use the segway on your knees
and without a handle but a guns mount, this would be shooting even easyer, a Barret .50 mounted on the segway handle.
ok with something to cap the recoil or maybe a sensor linked to the guns trigger that would compensate the recoil
comom guys this kind of tech is cool
imagne several centuries ago when someone came with a gun and the guy with the bid badass sword tought. LAME!
JASON SHOULD BE IN THE OLYMPCS-SEGWAYS ROCK! N.E.R.D. = N.ot E.ven R.emotely D.orkyJ.A.S.O.N. = J.ust A.nother S.illy O.nline N.obodySo yeah it will work. Hey they look like they are in a "Close Range" Stance by the looks of things, know what I mean?
I'm really looking forward to the first videogame enemy that is designed as an homage to this. Really hilarious.
10 bucks sez those are segway knockoffs!
They can't go up stairs.... or down stairs for that matter, i mean they probably could go down, but with some consequences...
lol at the : "The only ones they can intimidate with that display is the French, all the other Countries are laughing at China right now."
comment.
Segway's are SOFTWARE limited to 12.5mph, mechanically they are capable of going 20mph (this was the case with the original segways, they may have become more capable in the preceding 7 years), in a large urban landscape, going more than half a mile away is going to take a long time if you're wearing 20 pounds of gear (bullet proof vest, helmet, handcuffs, radio, baton, etc). The olympic village will be densely packed, getting around by car is not feasable. A segway gives you more manuverability than a bicycle or motorcycle in an area that may be densely packed with people, it gives you an extra foot of height (being able to see through a crowd will be important). And it gives you a balanced platform to operate from (unlike a bike/moped/motorcycle).
Why am I hearing Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" in my head when I look at that picture?
I don't understand why you belittle these guys. These police are bringing gadgets mainstream... isn't that something that should be encourage by a gadget blog?
Calling the chinese swat sissies because they aren't carrying barrets is messed up, too.
This post sucks.
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more segway commandos pictures on SEGWAY in PARIS blog
http://www.segway-in-paris.com/article-20933029.html
more segway commandos pictures on SEGWAY in PARIS blog
http://www.segway-in-paris.com/article-20933029.html
"Men! We are replacing your otherwise awesome and terrorist-stopping guns with, supersoakers! Get used to em!, your on a segway guys..."
it looks more like they are preparing for a full-bladder attack...