[INSIDE] Magazine to Reveal Exclusive New 'Ginger'/'It' Evidence In Forthcoming Issue

    NEW YORK, March 6 Compelling new information about famed
mystery invention "Ginger" -- also known as "IT" -- will be revealed in the
next issue of [INSIDE] magazine, on select newsstands starting later this week
and available for advance purchase at http://www.inside.com.  [INSIDE] is the
biweekly sibling publication to acclaimed entertainment and media business
news service Inside.com.
    (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010306/NYTU040 )
    Investigative reporter and [INSIDE] contributor Adam Penenberg has
unearthed revealing new information including trademark and patent filings,
domain registrations, financial transactions, factory blueprints, and a
hitherto unknown company linked to "Ginger" inventor Dean Kamen, among other
evidence.  His findings, featured as a print-only exclusive [INSIDE] cover
story, include:

    *  As many have guessed, "Ginger" has to do with a ground-breaking,
       scooter-type vehicle that can balance on two wheels.  But the real
       revelation is the power behind it - hydrogen, which runs basically
       emission-free.  "Ginger" represents the first generation of a new mode
       of transportation that will compete with and possibly replace
       automobiles.  The ramifications of a "hydrogen economy" would be
       profound on everything from the environment to the energy business to
       global politics.

    *  In subsequent iterations, Kamen intends to retrofit his scooters with
       his patented version of the Stirling engine, an almost perpetual motion
       machine that could be manufactured for any product that requires power.

    *  Kamen has created a new company called ACROS, whose goal is to create a
       product line that features "motorized, self-propelled, wheeled personal
       mobility aids, namely wheel chairs, scooters, carts and chariots," and
       that company has begun building a factory in New Hampshire.

    Penenberg, co-author of Spooked: Espionage in Corporate America, used many
of the techniques detailed in the book to cull the revealing new information
without any cooperation from Kamen and his company.
    Since Inside.com first broke the exclusive news of Kamen's mystery
invention in January, speculation about what it is has run wild, prompting
massive coverage by national and international media, the creation of new Web
sites and discussion groups, parodies, and a worldwide dialogue about the
invention and the phenomenon that has ensued.  According to Inside's original
report, people who have seen "IT," including Apple's Steve Jobs, Amazon's Jeff
Bezos, and venture capitalist John Doerr, have variously described it as being
more important than the PC or the Internet and have said that it will
transform cities and the way people live.
    "When Inside.com first reported the existence of 'IT' as a publishing
industry scoop, it sparked a real media frenzy," says [INSIDE] magazine
editor-in-chief Richard Siklos.  "But after the clamor that followed our
original story, we just couldn't resist following through.  This story now
offers the most compelling argument to date for what 'IT' actually might be."