Re: [pf] ginger?

At 12:36 23/1/2001 -0800, Diane F wrote:
>.. I'm just now hearing about Ginger, which is supposed to be this
revolutionary device that will change the world.  This "secret" invention
by recluse inventor Dean Kamen is supposed to be some kind of motorized
scooter.
>
>I would be interested if any of our pf science watchers have some thoughts
over whether this could overturn cars.
>

**  Did you mean overturn?

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On: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 18:22:46 +1300, a friend sent to the GreenViews-NZ
list, with Subject: [GV]Ginger :-

Anyone else heard the rumour on a technology called Ginger?

Word from Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple Computer, and investor in the
rumored technology) is that the technology is "as significant as" the
personal computer, and that "if enough people see the machine you won't
have to convince them to architect cities around it. It'll just happen."

When viewed in the light of several other hints:

Kamen (another person involved in the rumored technology), an "avid
aviator," says Ginger fits into two duffel bags and can be assembled in ten
minutes, it will "profoundly affect our environment and the way people
live" by acting as an alternative to "products that are dirty, expensive,
sometimes dangerous and often frustrating, especially for people in the
cities," etc.

have led many to conclude that Ginger is some sort of personal transport
device that will replace the car.

Interesting huh!

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And later, with Subject: [GV]We know what Ginger is :-

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/16026.html

· which is (all of it) :-
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We know what Ginger is
By: Kieren McCarthy; The Register
Posted: 12/01/2001 at 11:00 GMT

It'll changed the world. It is stunning. Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos think
it's revolutionary. A book about it has been given $250,000. VCs are
throwing money at it. But just what is Ginger? 

No one seems to know, and the press - IT ones in particular - have been
going mental over it. What could this contraption from 49-year-old
scientist Dean Kamen be? Dean is a top name for inventions and the like -
he has over 100 patents and has invented a wide range of (mostly medical)
innovations. He's a smart fella. 

What can it be? What can it be? Is it a hoax?, cry the cynics. Will it stop
my hair falling out? Will it make my sad, pathetic existence better for a
few minutes? 

Well, folks, we can tell you what Ginger is. 

It's a manifestation of the sick modern world where style is more important
that substance, where perception is king, where people screw their
neighbour to buy an overpriced bit of clothing with a particular name on
and where the press report a story because other parts of the press have
reported it and so it must be a story. 

It could also, possibly, be an interesting bit of technology. But we're not
holding our breath and we don't care until we see it. And you shouldn't
either. 

Call up your wife and tell her you love her. That's real. 

® 2001 The Register

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(David MacClement) davd@ihug.co.nz 
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