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iSlide skateboard is way cooler than a Segway
The iSlide is a new skateboard-like concept that takes all the functionality of the Segway and integrates it into a vehicle that someone might actually ride. The iSlide is the work of industrial designer Ofir Tal. It has a single wheel and uses a similar Segway technology to balance and operate the device. Learn forward to accelerate and lean backwards to slow down.
It gets a little fishy figuring out how the device is powered. Somewhere in this small board is a hydrogen fuel cell (likely next to the flux capacitor) that keeps the iSlide sliding. Once juiced up, it's capable of traveling at a blazing fast 9 mph. Tal is currently seeking investors to fund this project.
iSlide, via Boing Boing Gadgets
By seniorgato at 12:29 PM ON 09/20/07
Well, I'll be. Get it out by 2015 and I'd say it's close enough to a hoverboard lol
By ApollyonDeathAngel at 5:35 PM ON 09/21/07
I've seen this before. Looks like the iSlide is a rip-off of some guys playing around with electronics. Check out this link:
http://www.ben.jellybaby.net/
or
http://www.hackaday.com/2007/03/08/balancing-one-wheel-scooter/
On here, these guys explain how you can build your own "iSlide." It may not have the cool hydrogen fuel cell to power it, but it still is the same project. Their scooter uses two 12 volt batteries and some other items that anyone can use to make their own. They even show their project in a video.
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