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Not A Hoverboard, but Close (Video)
It's a one-wheeled, self-balancing electric skateboard called (appropriately) the Onewheel. You can't buy one right now. They've already shipped all of their first production runs and still have Kickstarter backers' orders to fulfill. After that, though, they might make one for you -- if you come up with a deposit of $500 against a total price of $1499. Plus shipping. This may seem like a lot of money to some people, but enough folks have found it reasonable that Onewheel has sold out not just its first production run but also the second one. Their Kickstarter success was nothing short of amazing, with $630,862 raised although their goal was only $100,000. Inventor Kyle Doerksen is the man behind Onewheel, but he's also one of the people behind Faraday Bicycles, whose flagship model costs $3500 -- and whose initial production run is also sold out -- which means there are people around who are willing to pay $3500 for an electric bicycle instead of putting a motor kit on a used Schwinn for a total cost of less than $500 (with a little careful shopping). Alternate video link.
Woot! I have been waiting to upgrade my Segway to something else.
BTW- link is slashdotted.
"Flash is required to see this content."
My apologies, but what is Flash???
Am I the only one that hates sideways going things (skateboards, surfboards, this, etc) in favor of front-to-back things (rollerblades, skiis, bikes, etc)?
It looks cool, but then it's that whole weird sideways shit.
The one wheel powering the website seems to be stuck.
No brain, no pain.
Not A Hoverboard, but Close
This is no closer to a hoverboard than a skateboard is. Seriously, a hoverboard is a futuristic technology which through some form of anti-gravity field or whatever FLOATS IN THE FRICKING AIR. This is essentially a cross between a skateboard and a segway. Cool, but still attached to the ground.
How lame if you can get slash dotted in 2014 with all the cheap hosting providers we have out there.
The difference between one point of contact with the ground and no points of contact is similar to the difference between one government ruling a continent and no governments ruling a continent. It is not similar to the difference between 1 penny and no pennies.
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And in what way is this better than the wheelgo?
Doesn't Segway have a patent on this already?
This is not anything even remotely close to a hoverboard. Even more shameless than those cars with fold-out wings that people try to pass off as 'flying cars'.
Looks like they also sell web hosting!
Dark Reflection
My friend actually is importing from the same supplier as The One Wheel so it's literally the same device. Since he's just one ex computer technician in one location, he's selling em for like $750 or something. I tried it and it kicks ass. It's not hard to balance but then again I'm really good at kickboxing and dance dance revolution lol. Check his out at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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Ok if you want to build up to something and guarantee it's a disappointment you found the perfect marketing strategy.
Ok, I'm going to ignore the fact that this has absolutely nothing to do with a hoverboard...
But doesn't this entire premise seem sketchy to anyone else?
Look at the build quality.
To me, that looks like 2 pieces of angle iron, attached by 2 pieces of plywood (where your feet go) with a go cart wheel in the center
Looking at google images of it, that looks to me to be exactly what it is, but the angle iron might be aluminum instead
I'm not sure if the motor really is in the hub, or it's that little black box attached to the frame... either way there's no way it could be big enough to provide much torque. I also see no video of it speeding up or breaking.
Supposedly it can do 12mph... oh really? Down hill? Speaking of downhill... how good is it at braking downhill? Am I going to end up blowing through an intersection?
It all comes down to that motor. I can find no specs or pictures of it.
I did however find this photo which is the most interesting I think:
http://skateandannoy.com/wp-co...
Notice the 2nd pic... a Chain drive to a giant gear. So torque clearly is an issue.
Maybe electric motors have made enormous leaps and bounds but I just don't buy it.
If you are going to blow a lot of money on a skateboard, check out one of these.
"Be grateful for what you have. You may never know when you may lose it."
Americans, bringing everyone closer to obesity since 1776.
But they aren't now.
I left them, and went to justhost. Which isn't good now either.
Now I'm using nosupportlinuxhosting, which leaves many things to be desired. It's not just no support, it's no support for anything not supported by mainline cpanel. That's kind of annoying. But it's cheap as shit. That makes it more palatable. Nobody would eat at taco bell if you couldn't spange for it.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
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I think that is the one I read about before.
There are lots of gizmos and gadgets dumped on the market in China. I've seen several instances where US/other companies take given gadgets, rename, and slang 'em on the local market at well jacked up prices with the addition of going through regulatory/inspection procedures as required. There are tons of little single wheel with pegs devices I see people zipping around on, I just google'd for image and this came up: http://www.airebike.com/airwhe... It's equally hoverboard-like. By which I mean absolutely nothing hoverboard like and deceptive to even mention 'hover' in the title.
How long until we hear about kids losing their toes while riding one of these and the inventor spending the rest of his life in prison?
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I think you mean, "Not a Skateboard, But Close".
It is not even a little close to a Hoverboard.