Segway

I finally got to try the Segway Personal Transporter at the Transport & Logistics show at the MOA SMX.  That was one cool riding experience.  Took me around a minute to get the hang of it; once you learn how to slowly get on the machine, the computer kicks in and you can feel its self-balancing abilities almost immediately.  This, as promised, is most certainly the future of short-distance transportation (radius of 5 kilometers).  Downside? The model I looked at was priced at some P450,000, which is pretty expensive any way you look at it.  I understand that Beijing-based Ninebot recently acquired Segway and is shipping much cheaper versions, starting at P170,000 (which is still quite steep).  As a comparison, the Divisoria stores are selling copycat hover-toys at just P9,000 (of course, you get what you pay for, and you can expect these machines to go kaput in a short period of time).