New York Times
In the early years of the automotive era, daring journeys of what were then unimaginable distances, over roads that would hardly qualify by today’s standards, helped establish the reliability of the new technology. Men like Erwin G. Baker, known as Cannonball, became legends on these coast-to-coast odysseys, setting records with each attempt. Now four 20-somethings are on their way from Seattle to Boston on a pair of Segway Human Transporters, the motorized, self-balancing scooters whose inventor has predicted that they will open a revolutionary era in personal transportation.
