Twheel discussed on Daily Planet

[Dragan]

I just watched a segment on the Canadian science show "Daily Planet" discussing the Twheel with the lead engineer. They showed a Centaur running on it's rear twheels over a varied level surface, as well as an ibot coming down a set of stairs with twheels mounted. The engineer ( Bart something?? from Michelin) stated that the first application will be the ibot, the twheel "will be standard equipment on the ibot in 2005"

Direct quote from the designer...don't shoot the messenger, and catch the show if you get a chance. It should be on again later tonight
Wayne

[SegwayUtah]

Couuld someone tape this? :) :) :)

Chris

[Dragan]

Chris,
As soon as I get home I'll try and record it. I gotta tell you, they look really neat; much more impressive to actually see them in motion than still photos. I thought it interesting that the engineer made the announcement as casually as he did, though.
Wayne

[SegwayUtah]

Wayne,

So are you thinking we aren't going to get tweels on our HTs in 2005? Just the iBOTs?

If they're safe to use on the iBOT already, there's a good chance that they're ready for the HT as well.

Chris

[Dragan]

You know, I've got to wonder if something else (i.e. Segway twheels) isn't in the works too. We know they have them, after all, and based on what was said by the engineer, it is the target application currently for them (he stated they were a couple of years away from high load applications like passenger cars).

I've got one of those new Toshiba laoptops with the media center edition and the built in t.v. tuner, the show repeats at 9:00 MTN, and I'll record it then, and hopefully figure out how to post it shortly thereafter.
Wayne

[SegwayUtah]

If you need help getting it off your MediaCenter and into a file to share, I'm sure someone here or over at "the green button" forums can help. I think there's a program that will translate the ms-dvr type files into an .MPG or .WMV, etc.

Chris

[Dragan]

O.K. computer geniuses in residence....I have 5 minutes of video on media center discussing the twheel with Bart Thompson of Michelin...now, how do I get it into a format I can post here so you all can have a look?
Wayne

[Segway City]

For simple conversion to MPG without editing:
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/downloads.aspx
150 Kb Freeware DVR-Edit Version 1.0

To edit/convert/burn/author/etc:

http://support.sonic.com/trial/PrimeTimeTrial.asp?type=professional
65 Mb trial of Sonic PrimeTime 1.1
or
http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/download/dl_file_new.jsp?dl_id=66&ProdId=45
79 Mb trial of PowerDirector 3

[florin]

Hi everyone,

The video can be found on the Daily Planet website, here is the direct link to the video:

http://www.exn.ca/news/video/exn2005/01/10/exn20050110-tires.asx

Kind regards,

Florin

P.S. Thanks to WM Recorder I was able to save the video stream on my hard-disk. I don't have space to store it somewhere, but if you want to have a copy of it, so that you can watch the video off-line, then just send me a mail.


Visit http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo if you want to stay up-to-date on the situation about the Segway HT in the Netherlands.
http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/cavt41287ea7e3ec0

[Dragan]

Thanks Florin!
I recorded it last night, and haven't had time to finish converting it to WMA (Thanks SegwayCity for the websites for converting the MS-DVR to WMA) this saves me a bunch of aggravation
Wayne

[florin]

quote:Originally posted by Dragan

Thanks Florin!
I recorded it last night, and haven't had time to finish converting it to WMA (Thanks SegwayCity for the websites for converting the MS-DVR to WMA) this saves me a bunch of aggravation
Wayne


Your welcome,

Just for your information, I think you want to have it in WMV (windows media video) format, WMA (Windows media audio) is as far as I know only audio.

Kind regards,

Florin


Visit http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo if you want to stay up-to-date on the situation about the Segway HT in the Netherlands.
http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/cavt41287ea7e3ec0

[Dragan]

Duh, yes, you're absolutely right! that is what I meant
Wayne