What is Ginger?

UPDATE - Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs...both were impressed by this new invention, dubbed Ginger. Harvard Business School Press paid $250,000 for a book being written by acclaimed author Steve Kemper. Its creator? 49-year old Dean Kamen, whose list of inventions include the first portable insulin pump and a stair climbing wheel chair. In his words, Ginger provides the answer for products that "are dirty, expensive, sometimes dangerous and often frustrating, especially for people in the cities." With everything so hush hush about his latest creation, consumers will have to wait until it is revealed sometime in 2002. One investor called Ginger "the most lucrative start-up in history and will make Kamen richer than Bill Gates." For some more information read the article by Associated Press. Thanks to Paul Thurrott for sending the link, a copy of his patent can be found here and yes, it is a type of scooter. Though I suppose this could be some other invention, as a new scooter seems hardly earth-shattering, as many of our readers have already stated.