Ha! A couple years ago, people were claiming that they’d be building cities around this thing. Well, it’s hard to build cities around something if you can’t even buy it anymore :

The maker of the Segway Human Transporter has agreed to recall the motorized scooters because riders have been injured falling off when its batteries are low.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Friday, saying that three people had been injured. One suffered a head wound and needed stitches.

The recall involves about 6,000 of the single-rider, two-wheeled scooters that can travel up to 12 mph. The scooter uses gyroscopes to keep it upright, making it less likely to fall or be knocked over.

But the CPSC said that scooters being operated with low battery power may not have enough power to remain upright, causing the rider to fall.

And while I have an excuse to repost it, here’s a picture that cracks me up every time I see it:

“So easy to use, that my seven year old son was able to master it within 5 minutes.”
- segwaychat.com