SCOOTERS

So you thought those scooters buzzing around Salt Lake City are something new. Guess again!

Well, they might not be as new as you thought. Here is a photograph taken in 1916. That's 103 years ago:

This is the original electric scooter, called an Autoped.

The Eveready Autoped is one such device – it was the world's first scooter, manufactured in New York from 1915 to 1921. It sold for just US$100,