The Segway Human Transporter is a 2-wheeled, self-balancing, electric-powered personal transportation device designed to be used on sidewalks and in other pedestrian environments. It is also an environmentally friendly alternative to gas-guzzling cars, intuitive & easy to use.

The Convergence Education Foundation has purchased a Segway for use as a tool to exemplify what engineering technology looks and feels like in today's world.  We are making it available to learning organizations and companies through programs designed to experience new learning and thinking.  Via this website, we offer ways for learners to prepare for these presentations by doing some research on the Segway.   

If you would like to have the Segway visit your students, please fax your request to Barb at 248.928.9033.  Include your name, organization name, address, phone number and email address.  Briefly describe how the Segway will tie in to your lessons, number of students involved, and your preferred date and time.  Beginning in 2010, CEF will have to charge clients for mileage costs incurred in bringing the Segway out for presentations.  There is no other usage charge.

Here are a few articles we discovered while doing our "homework" on The Segway. Hopefully, they will help you get started on your new learning journey surrounding this unique transportation device!

Who Is Dean Kamen?
Magic Sneakers?
How Does It Work?
Paris?  On A Segway?
Building A Segway-like Machine
The nBot Balancing Machine
Excellent Gyroscopes for Sale!   NEW!
The iBot, Self-Balancing Wheelchair

Innovative and Practical:  Segways Emerge in Communities  NEW!

Segway Polo!  Video Download   NEW!  

Dean Kamen...Next Innovative Adventure