With all the relieve the modern 2 wheel self balancing electric scooter, 2015 continues to be a thrilling year for gadget fans. Around the globe, folks are taking to YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to publish photos and videos of themselves zipping around with this 2 wheel contraption which basically appears to be a board with a wheel on either side.
A mixture of a skateboard as well as a segway, this mini Segway (devoid of the handle) type thing is blowing up in popularity, fuelled in part with the volume of celebrities which have been seen on a single. From Usher to Soulja Boy, Kendall Jenner to Jamie Foxx, have the ability to tried their hand at this nifty little gadget, and appear to have had a large amount of fun doing so.
Nicknamed the ‘swegway’ (due to it’s likeness to the Segway, however a ‘cooler’ version) we are really not sure entirely where this kind of 2 wheel self balancing scooter originated from or who invented the very first. Probably it originated from some factory in China. The first glimpses we got from it on television were a product known as the IO Hawk, a scooter that will set you back an astonishing $1800. This is back in January of 2015. Ever since then many cheaper versions of the same product came in the marketplace and the average price right now looks like it’s around $500.
How can it work? Basically you stand on the 2 panels and shift your system weight slightly forward or slightly back also it senses this bodyweight change and moves backwards or forwards. This may also turn right of left. This 2 wheel self balancing scooter is proving to be very popular it’s actually being touted because personal mobility device of the future. Who would like to walk when you can glide, right? Plus it’s actually a lot quicker than walking, travelling at speeds of 6mph to 10mph.