[Paperweight]

The inventor of the Segway first invented a far superior stair-climbing wheelchair, the iBOT, way back in 2003, but it was regulated out of existence.

http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/02/11/ibot-discontinued-unfo...

However, the FDA recently reclassified it so it may be put back into production within a couple of years.

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMe...

[TrevorJ]

Hmm, that's interesting. Comparing the two sets of images, the Segway one certainly looks far less safe that it actually is, I wonder if it fell victim to that gut reaction.