Segway Inc. acquired by unnamed UK firm

01/14, 4:45pm

Segway taken over by unspecified UK company

Segway, maker of the two-wheeled, stand-up personal transportation vehicle, recently announced that it has been acquired by a UK-based company. This takeover is connected to a late December merger, though other details are scarce. Segway does reveal that the company that acquired it is backed by prominent UK businessman and chairman of Hesco Bastion, Jimi Heselden.

Segway CTO joins Apple as VP of product design

07/07, 9:30am

Segway CTO joins Apple

Segway's chief technology officer has left the company to join Apple, accounts say. J. Douglas Field is said to be responsible for the whole of the engineering team behind Segway's two-wheeled "personal transporter" vehicles, which were originally invented by Dean Kamen. At Apple Field will become a vice president of product design, serving alongside the likes of key designer Jonathan Ive.

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