Category: Hype Cycles

• The Segway (2001) IT Hype

  A turn-of-the-millennium technology myth claiming that Dean Kamen’s mysterious project “IT” or “Ginger” was not a scooter at all, but a world-changing device involving teleportation, anti-gravity, hover technology, or a radically new energy system. The legend grew before the Segway’s reveal, when controlled leaks, celebrity investor praise, and media frenzy encouraged speculation far beyond personal transportation.