Segway's 10th birthday is muted, but its pod-car project with GM is still alive, sort of

December was the 10th anniversary of the Segway's arrival, an anniversary that pretty much went unnoticed (I did a short blog post and nothing for The Telegraph). The firm's presence in the region has faded since Dean Kamen sold it.

The Union-Leader, once the home to all things Segway, has a feeble little press release today saying that Segway is going to do ... well, something, I'm not sure what ... to celebrate the decade since the devices were first sold to the public.

The most interesting thing that Segway is doing at the moment (visible to the public, anyway) is a joint project with GM to create a small but enclosed, electric powered people-mover. A pod car, if you will. Wicked cool: just look at that photo! Whether it will ever be reality is another question. But it's fun to think about.

Here's the original announcement. Here's an update from a site called jalopnik.