Segway - people mover
2001
This is a first-generation Segway, and it was a marvel of technology. Since Segways are still being sold, you may wonder what the Segway is doing here at the Museum of Failure. Failure is defined as a deviation from expected and desired results.
The Segway was expected to revolutionize transportation of humans and reach $1 billion in sales. Excited investors were saying how “The Segway will be to the car, what the car was to horse and cart”, and “In the future city infrastructures will be planned around the Segway.” Some even said that “The Segway will be bigger than the Internet.”
The electric scooter was very expensive, impractical, and terribly uncool. It never came close to living up to the expectations. While the Segway was a commercial failure, it more importantly is in our museum because it so perfectly illustrates the definition of failure.
Additional info:
Wired - The Segway Is a Tech Marvel. Too Bad It Doesn't Make Any Sense.
CNN - Segway was supposed to change the world.
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