Way OT: News of "it"

[Thomas Hudson]

Here's a couple of articles:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/513749.asp?0cm=c10
http://www.salon.com/books/wire/2001/01/09/ginger/index.html

There is also an article about him working to perfect 
the Stirling Engine:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.09/kamen.html 
Could this be the power source?

I saw a television show on the iBot he invented. 
It is like nothing you've ever seen. Spend some time 
checking out his patents over at the patent server...

Quotes like "Another investor, Credit Suisse First Boston, 
thinks 'Ginger' will be the most lucrative start-up in 
history and will make Kamen richer than Bill Gates. 
Bezos and Jobs were reportedly dazzled by a demonstration." 
sure are intriguing.

Tomy
           
tomg wrote:
> 
> What have you guys heard about "It"? I understand that guy (?)
> who did the heart valves did it again. This time it's a personal
> transport (maybe) that's so special ( anti-grav?? , perpetual??
> , something??) that they are going to have to re-build the entire
> infrastructure of many cities. It comes in two flavors ..ginger and
> ginger metro. I hear he took them both to Jobs' in duffel bags
> and assembled them with pliers, screwdriver, and a hex set.
> Jobs signed on instantly!
> 
> The people in the know (whoever they are?) say it's more
> important than the internet and it will change the world as
> we know it. Somebody is going to explode....or leak or
> something. Everybody says as much as they can without
> breaking the nondisclosure agreement. I hear release isn't
> until 2002......Does anybody know anything about this "It"
> or have I fallen prey to a early April fool?
> 
> Tom