What’s more geeky than riding around town on a Segway? Building your own.

I especially like this part, where he is comparing his to the real one:

Safety Features

Segway

Everything is dual redundant. For example, “in the unlikely event of a battery failure, the system is designed to use the second battery to operate the machine and allow it to continue balancing until it is brought to a safe stop.”

My Scooter

There is no redundancy or backup system. It is not even robustly made. Loose wires literally dangle out the bottom. In the fairly likely event of the software crashing, a wire coming loose, a component failing, or the batteries running low, the wheels will lock and the entire kinetic energy of the system will be used to accelerate my head toward the ground.