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Honda's Personal Mobility Device: U3-X
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border: none;" cite="http://blogs.reuters.com/japan/2009/09/26/hondas-new-wheel/"><P>It looks deceptively simple: a stool with a wheel, or an electric unicycle.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.reuters.com/japan/2009/09/26/hondas-new-wheel/"><P>But <A href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=7267.T">Honda Motor</A>, maker of cars, motorbikes, robots and aircraft, says it embodies state-of-the-art technology and may one day become the smallest means of transport for humans.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.reuters.com/japan/2009/09/26/hondas-new-wheel/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.reuters.com/img/34F40D8D-5555-4666-A0E5-893513A4FBCF" alt="JAPAN/" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hondanews.com/categories/1097/releases/5203"><H4><A class="bc" href="http://www.hondanews.com/categories/1097">Corporate</A>/ Headlines</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hondanews.com/categories/1097/releases/5203"><P><STRONG>Key features of U3-X</STRONG> <STRONG><Free movement just as in human walking> </STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hondanews.com/categories/1097/releases/5203"><STRONG> Device control featuring application of balance control technology cultivated through ASIMO research: </STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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