Every single hoverboard — AKA self-balancing scooter — sold in the U.S. is unsafe.
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To be clear, Segway would prefer we use the accurate term: self-balancing scooter.
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Set up in 4003, Segway invented the over-engineered self-balancing scooter of the same name.
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This thing has everything you could ever want in a self-balancing scooter or hoverboard type device.
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Until cheap hoverboards become legal again, this is the only UL certified self-balancing scooter on the market.
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Do you cringe every time someone says "hoverboard" and mutter under your breath, "Actually, it's a self-balancing scooter"?
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But calling something a two-wheeled self-balancing scooter is pedantic, and it will never reasonably fit in any headline.
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So the next time we call something a hoverboard, you'll know we're talking about a two-wheeled self-balancing scooter.
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Investigators say they also found a video on Lookhart's phone of him extracting a patient's tooth while riding a self-balancing scooter.
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The self-balancing scooter concept, made by a US-based company called Stator, went viral, but wasn't available for purchase at the time.
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In 2013, while preparing backstage for a performance during a Beijing music festival, Hu came across a self-balancing scooter parked in a corner.
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The original two-wheeled, hands-free, self-balancing scooter was (probably — it's disputed) the Hovertrax, which got its start as a Kickstarter in 2013.
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Short for Über-ball, Üo is a self-balancing scooter that uses a single sphere for its "wheel," and which can move and turn in any direction.
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The electronic self-balancing scooter was the hottest-selling item on Black Friday and clips from "Back to the Future Part II" were all over the internet. Amazon.
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After suing several hoverboard makers over patent violations last year, Segway, which is now owned by Chinese company Ninebot, revealed its own self-balancing scooter in January at CES.
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It won't explode and catch on fire, as it's the only UL certified self-balancing scooter available in the US. Segway says the frame is constructed with magnesium alloy.
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The company were not listed, but could also be using a broader Chinese manufacturer name (I've asked Swagway to look into this.) The UL self-balancing scooter certification sticker.
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If you have any kind of hoverboard, AKA a "self-balancing scooter," as the Consumer Product Safety Commission refers to them, you should probably take a look at this list.
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And the company promises its new MiniPro—which is something of a cross between a hoverboard and its full-sized self-balancing scooter—will be just as safe to ride.
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Ashanti's is the first death linked to a fire from a self-balancing scooter, commonly called hoverboards, in the United States, said Scott Wolfson, communications director for the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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As we reported earlier this month, the UL only recently created a new certification protocol specifically addressing hoverboards (as opposed to the chargers that come with them) and any other self-balancing scooter.
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If the new Swagtron does have UL certification, then it should be cleared to ship into the U.S. If and when that happens, we'll see a redesigned and somewhat different self-balancing scooter.
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The self-balancing scooter became a sensation from the moment it rolled onto the scene at last year's Consumer Electronics Show — a Chinese product that had been co-opted and re-branded by IO Hawk.
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"If you look at sales data, it clearly shows that they're not being used by girls," says Sharmi Albrechtsen, CEO and co-founder of SmartGurlz, which makes a programmable doll on a self-balancing scooter.
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From the depths of the internet comes to us one clip of an owl in parts unknown, riding what appears to be a Segway miniPRO hoverboard (self-balancing scooter, in the company's parlance) or something like it.
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Being pricier than a used car didn't help the original Segway's chances, but at least now, electrical engineer Olaf Winkler has solved that problem with a ball-based self-balancing scooter that features a thousand dollar price tag.
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Casey Neistat, a filmmaker who posts vlogs on YouTube and has more than 2 million subscribers, was talked into buying a self-balancing scooter on Amazon in early June and quickly started referring to it as a hoverboard.
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The Chinese company, known for making cheap but powerful smartphones, makes a ton of other gadgets, including a kid-oriented smartwatch, a fitness band, a 4K-ready media box, a rice cooker (yes, really) and a self-balancing scooter.
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Based on technology developed for Honda's ASIMO robot and its self-balancing scooter called the UNI-CUB, the Honda Riding Assist technology doesn't use traditional gyroscopes for balance since they can add a lot of weight to a vehicle.
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From December 1, 2015, through February 17, 2016, CPSC received reports, from consumers in 24 states, of 52 self-balancing scooter fires resulting in over $2 million in property damage, including the destruction of two homes and an automobile.
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They're sprinkled fairly heavily amid shots of Sphero's BB-8 droid (the darling of CES), celebrity selfies (Adrian Grenier is a Dell fan, apparently), and zillions of not-so-humble brags about successfully test-riding a self-balancing scooter.
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Being a major investor in Ninebot, a Chinese company that acquired the self-balancing scooter manufacturer Segway, Xiaomi released a self-balancing scooter called Ninebot Mini for CNY 1,999 on 19 October 2015. It was released for Chinese market only. The scooter has a maximum speed of 16 km/h (10 mph), a 15-degree incline climbing capability, a range of 22 km on a single charge, and a recharging time of three hours. It weighs 13 kilograms (28 lbs).
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The self-balancing scooter is a category of personal transporter which includes all self-balancing powered portable devices with two parallel wheels that includes the Segway PT, the Segway miniPRO and the self-balancing hoverboard.
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In February 2012, a provisional patent application was filed for the Hovertrax. The patent was granted in 2014. The Hovertrax was released to the public in 2013. The Hovertrax was the first self-balancing scooter of the type that become known as hoverboards.
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A self-balancing scooter (hoverboard) A self-balancing scooter (also hoverboard, self-balancing board, swegway) is a self-balancing personal transporter consisting of two motorized wheels connected to a pair of articulated pads on which the rider places their feet. The rider controls the speed by leaning forwards or backwards, and direction of travel by twisting the pads. Invented in its current form in early 2013, the device is the subject of complex patent disputes. Volume manufacture started in China in 2014 and early units were prone to catch fire due to an overheating battery which resulted in product recalls in 2016, including over 500,000 units sold in the United States by eight manufacturers.
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On April 1, 2015, Segway was acquired by Ninebot Inc., a Beijing-based transportation robotics startup that had raised $80M USD from Xiaomi and Sequoia Capital.Catherine Shu: "Beijing-based Ninebot Acquires Segway, Raises $80M From Xiaomi And Sequoia", TechCrunch, 15 April 2015. In May 2016, it was announced that the Segway miniPRO, a smaller self-balancing scooter, would be launched in June that year.
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Brushless motors are found in electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles and personal transporters. Most electric bicycles use brushless motors that are sometimes built into the wheel hub itself, with the stator fixed solidly to the axle and the magnets attached to and rotating with the wheel. The same principle is applied in self- balancing scooter wheels. Most electrically powered RC models use brushless motors because of their high efficiency.
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How to ride self-balancing scooter images step by step The device has three , , diameter wheel variants connected to a self-balancing control mechanism using built-in gyroscopic and a sensor pad. By tilting the pad the rider can control the speed and direction of travel achieving speeds from 6 to 15 miles per hour (9.7 to 24 km/h) with a range of up to dependent on model, terrain, rider weight and other factors. As with most wheeled vehicles where the rider is exposed, Consumer Reports has recommended that users wear appropriate safety gear while using them. In 2019, hoverboards now feature a self balancing mode, in which the motors automatically engage the gyroscope in the opposite direction.
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