selfbalancing

Segway to end production of its iconic self-balancing scooter after 19 years

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Dean Kamen, who invented the Segway PT Segway was founded by American inventor Dean Kamen in 1999, after he saw a young man in a wheelchair struggling to get over a footpath. To help him and those struggling, the entrepreneur designed a self-balancing mobility device to enable users to climb stairs and get over uneven … Read more

Hovershoes are here! $200 self-balancing skates slip under your shoes to propel you at 7mph

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Move over, hoverboards.  A new pair of hovershoes unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show could soon replace your scooter, bike and skateboard – just don’t try to take them for a spin in the rain.  Called the Motokick hover shoes, the $200 self-balancing skates slip underneath your shoes to propel users at speeds of up … Read more