The 2 main Wheel Self Balancing Electric Scooter

Together with the launch of the new 2 wheel self balancing electric scooter, 2015 continues to be an exciting year for gadget fans. Worldwide, folks are taking to YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to publish photos and videos of themselves zipping around on this 2 wheel contraption which basically seems like a board with a wheel on either sides.

A cross between a skateboard and a segway, this mini Segway (without the handle) type thing is growing in popularity, fuelled partly with the volume of celebrities that were seen using one. From Attacking young boys to Soulja Boy, Kendall Jenner to Jamie Foxx, have the ability to tried their hand as of this nifty little gadget, and appear to own a lots of fun doing this.

Nicknamed the ‘swegway’ (as a consequence of it’s likeness for the Segway, however a ‘cooler’ version) we aren’t sure entirely where this kind of self balancing scooter comes from or who invented the initial. Almost certainly it comes from some factory in China. The first glimpses we saw of it in the media were something referred to as the IO Hawk, a scooter that sells for an astonishing $1800. It was last January of 2015. Since then many cheaper versions the exact same product have come on the market along with the average price at the moment is apparently around $500.

How can it work? Basically you stand on the two panels and shift one’s body weight slightly forward or slightly back also it senses this bodyweight change and moves backwards or forwards. It can also turn right of left. This self balancing scooter is turning out to be so popular is in reality being touted because the personal mobility device into the future. Who wants to walk when it’s possible to glide, right? Plus it’s really a lot faster than walking, travelling at speeds of 6mph to 10mph.