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Pardon me if this is old news, seems like a potentially interesting variation on the sousaphone concept. Along with revised geometries for other brass instruments.



French band, Le Snob & Cie.

Le Snob & Cie. http://fanfarelesnob.com/en/777-2/

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tofu wrote:fyi Segway announced a couple of weeks ago that as of July 15 they will cease production. An ignoble end for one of the most hyped products in history. It was gonna change the world. Steve Jobs said it was going to be bigger than the PC.

Random geek out moment. If you have never heard of the inventor (not founder) of the segway, highly recommend learning about him -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Kamen" target="_blank" target="_blank .. Or the reason behind launching the segway to mass market.

He was a guest speaker at a work related conference I attended in new orleans last year. Hard to imagine one man has dedicated so much towards improving the lives of other.

I, like many, made fun of the Segway when it came out. Turns out, the reason for mass marketing a segway was to lower the cost of the technology. So he could leverage the lower mass production cost to make more advanced wheel chairs for veterans, or others, that by having a more advanced wheel chair would have a better quality of life.

Segway, or rather the technical platform that powered segway, was just one example of his inventions/devotion. He also has worked to maker dialysis possible in peoples homes, so they do not have to visit hospitals regularly. As well founded FIRST which is to inspire kids to get into robotics.

wikipedia wrote:In 2007, his residence was a hexagonal, shed style mansion he dubbed Westwind, located in Bedford, New Hampshire, just outside Manchester. The house has at least four different levels and is very eclectically conceived, with such things as: hallways resembling mine shafts; 1960s novelty furniture; a collection of vintage wheelchairs; spiral staircases; at least one secret passage; an observation tower; a fully equipped machine shop; and a huge cast iron steam engine which once belonged to Henry Ford (built into the multi-story center atrium of the house) which Kamen is working to convert into a Stirling engine-powered kinetic sculpture.

He should see if he could hire Le Snob & Cie for a concert at his house.