With the release of the brand new 2 wheel self balancing electric scooter, 2015 continues to be a fantastic year for gadget fans. Worldwide, people are taking to YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to write photos and videos of themselves zipping around about this 2 wheel contraption which basically appears to be a board which has a wheel on each side.

A mixture of a skateboard and a segway, this mini Segway (devoid of the handle) type thing is blowing up in popularity, fuelled to some extent from the quantity of celebrities which have been seen on a single. From Attacking young boys to Soulja Boy, Kendall Jenner to Jamie Foxx, have the ability to tried their hand at this nifty little gadget, and appear to have stood a lots of fun doing so.

Nicknamed the ‘swegway’ (as a consequence of it’s likeness for the Segway, but a ‘cooler’ version) we aren’t sure entirely where this kind of two wheel self balancing scooter descends from or who invented the very first. Almost certainly it descends from some factory in China. The 1st glimpses we got than it in the media were an item known as the IO Hawk, a scooter that will set you back a whopping $1800. This became back in January of 2015. Since then many cheaper versions of the same product have fallen on the market as well as the average price currently seems to be around $500.

How can it work? Basically you climb onto the two panels and shift one’s body weight slightly forward or slightly back and yes it senses this bodyweight change and moves backwards or forwards. It may also turn left or right. This two wheel self balancing scooter is proving to be so popular it really is being touted because personal mobility device into the future. Who would like to walk when you’re able to glide, right? Plus it is a lot faster than walking, travelling at speeds of 6mph to 10mph.