With the relieve the new 2 wheel self balancing electric scooter, 2015 has been a fantastic year for gadget fans. Around the globe, individuals are taking to YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to write pics and vids of themselves zipping around about this 2 wheel contraption which basically seems like a board having a wheel on either side.
A mix of a skateboard and a segway, this mini Segway (with no handle) type thing is blowing up in popularity, fuelled partly with the amount of celebrities that have been seen on one. From Bieber assault to Soulja Boy, Kendall Jenner to Jamie Foxx, all have tried their hand at this nifty little gadget, and appear to get a large amount of fun this.
Nicknamed the ‘swegway’ (as a result of it’s likeness towards the Segway, however a ‘cooler’ version) nobody is sure entirely where this type of self balancing scooters originated in or who invented the 1st. Probably it originated in some factory in China. The first glimpses we saw from it in the media were a product called the IO Hawk, a scooter that will set you back an impressive $1800. It was in January of 2015. Since that time many cheaper versions of the product attended out there along with the average price at this time appears to be around $500.
How does it work? Basically you climb onto both the panels and shift one’s body weight slightly forward or slightly back plus it senses this bodyweight change and moves backwards or forwards. It may also turn right of left. This self balancing scooters is proving to be very popular it’s actually being touted because personal mobility device into the future. Who wants to walk when it’s possible to glide, right? Plus it’s really a lot quicker than walking, travelling at speeds of 6mph to 10mph.