It’s Here! Your Own Personal Hovercraft

10/07/2009 | By Diana Adams

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Since I’m a huge Science Fiction fan, I always knew someday we’d all own our own personal hovercrafts, I just didn’t know they’d look like unicycles.

The U3-X from Honda is a bizarre looking futuristic hovercraft. According to http://www.engadget.com, “What makes the U3-X particularly interesting is it has the regular large wheel of a unicycle, but that wheel is actually made up of several small wheels in a series, which can rotate independently, meaning that the device can go forward, backward, side-to-side and diagonally, all being controlled with a simple lean.”

Officially, this bizarre and uncomfortable looking bowling pin shaped machine is called a “mobility unit.” As you’ll see in the video, they do address what is probably obvious to everyone, “Isn’t it unhealthy for people to get even less exercise than they already do while riding around in their homes on this machine?” It appears that is of no concern as Honda begins production of these units. No word yet on exactly when they will be available to the public.

Author: Diana Adams

By day, Diana is the CEO/owner of Adams Consulting Group, Inc, a technology services and business solutions consultancy firm serving the specific needs of its clients in advertising and public relations. By night, she lives and breathes by writing. After publishing a small cookbook last year, she is now working on her new masterpiece, scheduled for publishing next year. “I could write all night long and not get tired of it. I think that is when you know you’ve tapped into a true passion. Whatever that thing may be, if you could do it all day or night long, lose track of time, ‘wake up’ ten hours later, and still thirst for more, that is a passion, and I feel like I’ve found that in my writing.” Diana also spends many hours each week assisting the homeless men and women in Atlanta. You can find her on Twitter at @adamsconsulting.