Segway firm owner Jimi Heselden, met his maker after he failed to keep control of his high-tech two wheeler, riding off a cliff and into a river.

The tech that bit back with fatal consequences

From the moment the great Archimedes leapt from his bath yelling "Eureka!", slipped on the soapy floor and ruptured his spleen, inventors have been injuring themselves.

The latest, Segway firm owner Jimi Heselden, met his maker after he failed to keep control of his high-tech two wheeler, riding off a cliff and into a river.

Scientists are meant to drive forward the wheel of technological progress, not be crushed under its inexorable tread, killed by their own creations. Leonardo Da Vinci drew up plans for a helicopter in 1493. However, he didn’t attempt to pilot it and plummet to his death, did he? This lot should’ve learned from that...