With the relieve the newest 2 wheel self balancing electric scooter, 2015 may be an exciting year for gadget fans. All over the world, everyone is taking to YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to create pics and vids of themselves zipping around for this 2 wheel contraption which basically appears to be a board using a wheel on either sides.

A mixture of a skateboard along with a segway, this mini Segway (devoid of the handle) type thing is bolstering in popularity, fuelled to some extent from the amount of celebrities that have been seen using one. From Bieber assault to Soulja Boy, Kendall Jenner to Jamie Foxx, have the ability to tried their hand as of this nifty little gadget, and seem to own a large amount of fun doing so.

Nicknamed the ‘swegway’ (because of it’s likeness for the Segway, but a ‘cooler’ version) we aren’t sure entirely where this kind of self balancing scooters comes from or who invented the very first. Probably it comes from some factory in China. The 1st glimpses we got from it in the media were something referred to as IO Hawk, a scooter that costs an impressive $1800. This became back January of 2015. Since that time many cheaper versions of the identical product have fallen in the marketplace and the average price right now looks like it’s around $500.

How does it work? Basically you get up on the two panels and shift your body weight slightly forward or slightly back and it senses this bodyweight change and moves backwards or forwards. It may also turn right of left. This self balancing scooters is proving to be quite popular it’s actually being touted because personal mobility device for the future. Who wishes to walk when you can glide, right? Plus it’s really a lot faster than walking, travelling at speeds of 6mph to 10mph.