[joebananas]

They really said that? That's just utterly delusional in a Wired on push as the future stylee.

Anyways, to get at that real world data they crave, they're gonna need tons of users, and if they ever get even one tenth of a percent of what Google has I'd be shocked.

[jimboyoungblood]

The hyperbole around Color sorta reminds me of another revolutionary product from a decade ago:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2001/12/03/here-it-is.htm

[ars]

(The segway, for those that don't feel like clicking through.)

[sandstrom]

Segaway Tycoon dies driving of a cliff on his Segway: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1315518/Segway-tycoo...

[balbaugh]

Not the actual inventor, but man who purchased Segway therefrom.

[r00fus]

At least "ginger" had a well-defined and well-understood purpose and leveraged some of Kamen's groundbreaking gyro/wheel knowhow.

[makeramen]

soon it will be all the rage among mall cops.

[neutronicus]

    they're gonna need tons of users

No they won't, they just need to find people with tons of users willing to license the tech (or buy them)