Inside Magazine To Provide More Information About IT Invention
Posted on March 7, 2001
Inside magazine promises more information about famed mystery invention ``Ginger'' -- also known as "IT" -- in the next print edition of Inside magazine, on select newsstands starting later this week. Inside is a biweekly sibling publication to entertainment and media business news service Inside.com.
Investigative reporter and Inside contributor Adam Penenberg has unearthed new information including trademark and patent filings, domain registrations, financial transactions, factory blueprints, and a company linked to ``Ginger'' inventor Dean Kamen, among other evidence. His findings, featured as a print-only exclusive Inside cover story, include:
- As many have guessed, "Ginger" has to do with a ground-breaking,
scooter-type vehicle that can balance on two wheels. But the real
revelation is the power behind it - hydrogen, which runs basically
emission-free. "Ginger" represents the first generation of a new mode
of transportation that will compete with and possibly replace
automobiles. The ramifications of a "hydrogen economy" would be
profound on everything from the environment to the energy business to
global politics.
- In subsequent iterations, Kamen intends to retrofit his scooters with
his patented version of the Stirling engine, an almost perpetual motion
machine that could be manufactured for any product that requires power.
- Kamen has created a new company called ACROS, whose goal is to create a product line that features "motorized, self-propelled, wheeled personal mobility aids, namely wheel chairs, scooters, carts and chariots," and that company has begun building a factory in New Hampshire.
Since Inside.com broke the news of Kamen's mystery invention in January, speculation about what it is has run wild, prompting massive coverage by national and international media, the creation of new websites and discussion groups, parodies, and a worldwide dialogue about the invention and the phenomenon that has ensued. According to Inside's original report, people who have seen "IT," including Apple's Steve Jobs, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, and venture capitalist John Doerr, have variously described it as being more important than the PC or the Internet and have said that it will transform cities and the way people live.
Inside magazine editor-in-chief Richard Siklos says in the announcement, "When Inside.com first reported the existence of 'IT' as a publishing industry scoop, it sparked a real media frenzy. But after the clamor that followed our original story, we just couldn't resist following through. This story now offers the most compelling argument to date for what 'IT' actually might be."
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