People are likely to have more than one in every family. I can't vouch for the importance of pantyhose, but anything more important to society than sliced bread, personal computers or the Internet sounds like something I might want to own. The way I understand it, all the speculation erupted when a book contract was leaked. The contract was between respected inventor Dean Kamen and the Harvard Business School Press. IT is not identified but a number of famous inventors, entrepreneurs, business leaders and others have seen the invention.
Riders stand on little winged platforms that stick out on each side of the single wheel.
The wheel shown in a sketch that accompanied the patent application has a fat tire about the size of a tire on a riding lawnmower. The tire is flat on the bottom like a car tire rather than rounded like a motorcycle tire. Considering the buzz that IT can hit 60 mph, the flat-bottomed tire appears to be a design flaw. Bicycles, motorcycles and all the new scooters have rounded tires so riders can lean into turns. If you don't lean, you crash.