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by jimboyoungblood 5567 days ago
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

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(The segway, for those that don't feel like clicking through.)
Segaway Tycoon dies driving of a cliff on his Segway: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1315518/Segway-tycoo...
Not the actual inventor, but man who purchased Segway therefrom.
At least "ginger" had a well-defined and well-understood purpose and leveraged some of Kamen's groundbreaking gyro/wheel knowhow.
soon it will be all the rage among mall cops.