Pretty stiff requirements for soccer players to qualify for this match: they have to stand on one leg for a whole minute. Then again these players are all robots in the sixth annual Robocup.
Maybe by the time these robots are ready to play humans the players will be able to recover from chance collisions faster by slapping on these jello bandages:
John Kao's invention is sort of like a molecular version of Jell-O salad - it's made from gelatin, turns into a solid and has stuff suspended in it. But, instead of containing marshmallows and chunks of fruit, it has molecules and cells that repair damaged tissue.
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email thisEVWorld has an article on Segway. Some of the same stuff you've read elsewhere with a few new pictures and highlights. There's this interesting snippet, "And by Kamen's account, Segway is even more efficient than a human. He estimates the average human being uses about 100 watts of energy to walk, while the Segway uses 40."