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Segway CTO scoots to Apple's design team | The Register 

Segway's original boss of scooter development is retiring his gyroscopes to craft future merchandise for Apple. Doug Field, Segway's chief technology officer ... since 2001, will leave the company for the brushed aluminum-gilded halls of Apple as its new vice president of product designs. The news was broken by a post on the official Segway Chat forums (of course there is an official Segway Chat forum, don't make that face) by site administrator John Grohol. Apple hasn't made a peep about it, so Field's exact work at Apple remains a mystery. "Doug has been the driving force in making the Segway what it is today and will be sorely missed at the company," wrote Grohol. "However, with every change comes good and bad. So while it's bad the rich history and experience of Doug is leaving, it's good in that perhaps the team will get a fresh perspective into possible engineering solutions for future versions of the Segway (or Segway-like applications)." The company's website describes Field's team   [More...] [Less...]