I look into the mystery surrounding "IT," the code-named invention by Dean Kamen that dominated tech speculation in early 2001. This highly secretive project was eventually revealed to be the Segway personal transporter.
I'm highlighting the official reveal of the long-hyped "It," now known as the Segway. This link covers the Time magazine feature on Dean Kamen’s self-balancing personal transporter and its ambitious goals for changing urban mobility.
I’ve been weighing the merits of the Segway against its parody, the Megway, and I honestly think the humorous alternative is better. It captures a specific moment of early 2000s skepticism toward hyped-up tech gadgets.
Making a short data movie requires the same essentials as filmmaking—theme, hypothesis, screenplay, visuals, timing, and post-production—even when the tools are PowerPoint and iMovie.
This talk transcript shows how reshaping and joining mismatched maps unlocks political, administrative, and business insights that would otherwise stay hidden in disconnected geographic layers.