It’s not true that the founder and inventor of the Segway self-balancing scooter, Dean Kamen, fell to his death after accidentally driving his Segway off a footpath and over a cliff while making room for someone walking their dog on the same footpath.
That’s just an urban myth. The inventor of the Segway, at the time of writing, is very much alive.
John DavidsonColumnistJohn Davidson is an award-winning columnist, reviewer, and senior writer based in Sydney and in the Digital Life Laboratories, from where he writes about personal technology. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jdavidson@afr.com
