These devices are quickly achieving the personal mobility revolution inventor Dean Kamen dreamed of when he introduced the Segway Personal Mobility Device around the turn of the century. Back then, people made fun of the Segway because it was huge, expensive and did not slip seamlessly into everyday life. Kevin James liked it, at least. The Swagway’s similarity to Segway technology, by the way, has not gone unnoticed.
The Segway survived, but has been largely pushed aside in favor of a growing collection of cheaper and easier-to-use knockoffs, like InMotion. The big difference between, say, InMotion’s rider and the Swagway X1 hover board is the lack of a handle. Even though they all use essentially the same technology and riding them involves leaning forward back, left and right, the handle’s absence changes the experience considerably.
Mashable: I survived a test drive aboard the Swagway X1 ‘hover board’
