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From Popular Science - John B. Carnett

From Popular Science - John B. Carnett

It’s utterly ridiculous to look at, but brilliant and hilarious at the same time.  A motor-uni-cycle? Obviously Ben Gulak spent his teens doing more than stoning out to “The Wall” in his basement bedroom.

Created as an antidote to the smog-inducing, carbon-belching motorbikes your favorite uncle rode to make your grandparents angry, Gulak crafted an all electric unicycle with the assistance of Trevor Blackwell, a robotics engineer.  (Blackwell helped with the electrical/wiring issues, including the gyroscope for orientation.)

Reportedly much more stable than a traditional single-wheel unicycle, the UNO behaves very much like a Segway - lean and go.  It’s a wonderfully creative, innovative answer to the transporation messes in large urban areas the world over.  I really hope they do get into production, but at the very least I hope they prompt a few more bright minds to keep thinking of ways to take things in the same direction.

(And I really, really hope someone offers to let me ride one.)