Fan Powered Skateboard
If you thought motor-powered skateboards wouldn’t work, you should check out the fan-powered skateboard by Chris Neal, who certainly looks like he started an engineering career young. His fan-powered skateboard was for his fourth-grade “Invention Convention”, and despite needing a little help with the construction, he managed to score a free MacBook Pro for that. [...]
Self-balancing skateboard robot
XenonJon received a truckload of attention for his skateboard/Segway-style balancing platform which he created, making quite a splash at the Makerfaire in Newcastle. Since us humans are all about improving ourselves always, he has made up his mind to build a cheapest version possible without it being complicated at the same duration. While the build [...]
Orbitwheels certain Are Eye Catching
Orbitwheels are some kind of weird marriage among inline skates and a skateboard, and whether you haven’t quite got the notion just yet, we can’t blame you. It’ll be interesting to see the response to these. Will we be having competitions for Orbitwheels in the future? You’ll need to shell out $99.95 for one of [...]
eBoard Neo electric skateboard
Move by Tony Hawk – the eBoard Neo electric skateboard will outskate you in terms of speed, hitting 20mph from a standstill within all of four seconds….pretty weird though considering the device has a maximum speed of 14mph as listed. Capable of moving for 13 miles before it is exhausted of its battery supply, the [...]
Tony Hawk: RIDE now out
Tony Hawk: RIDE has finally arrived in North America across Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms, where most humans would be curious to give the wireless skateboard controller a go in their living rooms. We wonder whether it is advisable to wear all the relevant safety gear just in case you land awkwardly [...]