I am the only one who thinks this shit is useless af?
No. The segway was the butt of jokes as soon as it came out. This is basically that but without handlebars
i don't know man, air max 90s are comfy as fuck and they're a classic silhouette. can't go wrong.
>>51829815
The hell you talking about? It's great for cancerous YouTube vlogs.
Wouldnt call it useless but it's super dumb
Those 15 minutes of walking a day you get going to and from your fridge for mountain dew are the only exercise your sorry nerd body is getting. Why pay to eliminate that?
Don't those things set on fire?
>>51829815
The only real use for stuff like segways (with and without handles) is this
>>51830327
Sauce?
Still think they're useless but tried one last week and it's actually pretty hard to control (but fun)
>>51830353
>militarized use of segways
>without shields
why
>>51829815
I think so too, but only because it isn't driven by internal combustion.
>>51830968
Are you saying we should return to chariots?
>>51830968
Best Korea don't need shields. Pic related.
>>51831033
Not many people know this but God is weak as shit against Iron Chariots: Judges 1:19
>>51830969
Is that real? If so, what's their top speed?
>>51831133
probably varies quite a bit depending on the weight of the user, but I would say you can get ~30mph out of a 50cc engine.
>>51831033
Why the fuck not?
>>51829815
weird and kind of ridiculous? yes. useless? not entirely, its a nice means of transport along places that dont have incline, theyre pretty fun as well honestly
>>51830968
Why don't you go ahead and skip the segway and arrest someone in a fucking tank?
>>51831093
K E K
>>51830841
Takes less than 10 sec to Google.
Segways revolutionised sports telecasts you dumb keks. You guys suck so much at technology. This thing though is a toy aimed at children, just as good/bad as any other toy.
>>51829815
Holy shit, dude. Saw some guys riding one of those around at my college last week. Shit was pretty cash.
>>51829815
They're fun. Though I prefer those kick/electric motor scooters
>>51829886
underrated
T B H
>>51829815
yeah, who gives a shit, it's funny
>>51832003
What a smooth criminal.
>>51832003
This is the funniest thing ive seen all week
>>51829815
I see Arabs riding them around campus all the time. Just another reason to hate them.
I like those shoes tho
>>51832003
Dis nigga is rollin
>>51829815
These things keep getting banned for some reason.
I hate that the term "hoverboard" got attached to these fucking things because of the stupid BttF meme. They don't even fucking levitate.
"Swagway" is a far better description, both for their transportive capabilities and for the trend-chasing consumerist millennial dipshits who buy them.
>>51834653
have you ever ridden one? they are a very fun toy. a bunch of cheap chinese knockoffs are being made and imported into countries all over the world that don't meet legal standards. the manufactures make as much money as they can until the government shuts them down. they open a new company and repeat. standard practice in many industries.
>>51829815
Niggermobile
>>51834761
I prefer to call them douche transporters
>>51832003
yoo wtf
"The answer is no" reporting, Sorry I'm late.
Anyone else gonna wait till someone designs a kit you can make with an arduino?
They have been banned from carry on and checked luggage by most airlines in the last day or two for the risk of fire.
>>51831592
Underrated post.
Just confirms /g/ is just /consumertech/
>>51829815
its pretty cool tho desu
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/12047164/Teenager-killed-on-hoverboard-while-shopping-for-his-mum.html
I did not know you could buy mums.
>>51836916
>I did not know you could buy mums.
Pic related.
>>51829815
People need something to get by until they qualify for their first hover-round.
>>51836916
You've never been to Lowes or Home Depot? Really?Did you think that this shit just happened to grow wild?
Unicycle versions are superior but westerners don't know about them much yet.
They can jump over stairs and curbs, go offroad, travel up 30km/h and get 40-50km per charge on high end models.
Down side is you must step off while stationary and they're more difficult to learn. You don't see them much in the USA due to a patent troll targeting them. China and Korea love them so far, Japanese aren't allowed to ride them yet due to stupid laws.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1un-a4xlGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn792GXSrLU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8yqFKXcEf4
i've literally only seen niggers use these because their dumb monkey brains like shiny things
>>51837116
Apparently you can get 20-30km/h out of the segways if you remove the limiters.
>>51832003
HAhahah i wasnt expecting that ahahha
>>51837137
Is this why they all have those Bluetooth headphone necklaces?
>>51837200
yep
Motorized skateboard ftw
https://youtu.be/DicdNFh1VbA?t=420
>>51837116
That last video is so cheesy it's absolutely hilarious.
>>51837168
>Apparently you can get 20-30km/h out of the segways if you remove the limiters.
The problem with two wheels is if one hits a bump the segway twists violently to one side and rolls over. Single wheels or multiple wheels inline are inherently more stable once they're moving.
>>51837305
The wheel modules are pretty basic stator designs, I'm sure you could throw another in front or behind for a tri-wheel.
>>51837251
Once they make a proper skate I can ollie with and not just drop-thru fagboards I'll buy one
>>51837116
Why would anyone give a flying fuck about 2 advertisements and a sped up video?
>>51837357
why even skateboard then? good luck being able to ollie with a heavy battery
>>51829815
I'm really pissed that the press is calling them hoverboards.
Those are not fucking hoverboards, I want the real fucking thing. Those thing are clearly not hovering at all.
They must be shit because i always see them for sale on craigslist fucking everywhere
>I am the only one who X
>>51831592
Can you provide a link?
Curious about this, I don't watch tv or sports. Only thing people I've seen on segways have been tourists.
>>51838181
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3TBvJUtuHs
>>51837394
Ability to ollie itself isn't super mandatory, but it has to have a tail and not some retarded wheelbase so I can least drop off curbs.
I get that it's going to be tough to make a 7.75 flipper, but I've yet to see one that's even in an 80's pool carver style. Possibly these things still require a metric fuckton of batteries, armor plating, gears and shit that's easier to cram into a 34" rolling fedora.
>>51837137
why is this oddly true
>>51829815
Havent those things spontaneously combusted a few times already?
>>51829815
>chrome rims designed onto the wheel
>wheels don't even have spokes
Tf is the point to that
>>51838249
Christian rock huh?
>>51838249
That's pretty impressive desu senpai
>>51831278
The only right way to use a segway
>>51831093
Ultimate jej
>>51832003
Nigger shop lifting on a stolen swagway
>>51837631
you dont understand that to be able to achieve anti grav levitation like that we need to solve the puzzle of dark matter and dark energy first.
To actually understand Gravity so as to be able to control it is probably thousands of years in to the future.
If we could do it tho, we could probably stop the expansion of the universe.
which would be cash as fuck imo
>>51840307
>you
>understanding my point
My point wasn't that I expect actual hoverboards, I'm just against calling these shitty segways that. Especially since it makes so little sense calling them that.
>>51837137
>I hate fun
Moviendo mi cabeza para ser honesto familia
It's a toy for kids.
My nephew, nine years old, is having one for christmas.
Why would anyone over the age of 15 want one? You grew out of skateboards didn't you?
>>51840335
The board is hovering over the ground with the help of wheels thus this is a hoverboard, if you want hoverwheels then you should invent them fucking asshole I fucking hate you
>>51829815
Useless outside urban areas
Idiots on campus on these always zip around and come close to crashing into me and other people. Uni's should ban them.
>>51837116
That actually seems interesting. If they could place some gyroscopic stabilizers somewhere in there as well as more batteries I could see them going places, literally.
>>51831093
>>51830327
It depends on what batteries they are using.
To keep margins high, they use cheap Chinese batteries that explode because they can't handle the heat from charging. The Samsung cells are much better, but either way, I wouldn't leave it unattended.
>>51829815
No, I also think so.
Slower than bikes or skates, not really helpful with exercise, requires power... it's a rather stupid device.
>>51840513
By your logic a car is also hovering above the ground. Brave new world, with hoverboards and hovercars.
Why so mad though?
>>51837631
Retarded marketing bullshit. Pointless to get upset over it, though.
>>51840671
No, wheels are an integral part of the object called car, what you're looking for is a hover-chassis with movement autonomy. Good luck finding one of those though.
I'm not mad, I just like to swear.
>>51829815
First time I saw these was in an exotic car dealership.
Some Chinese kids literally rolled in and bought the Lamborghini that was sitting outside.
The Toronto life, man
>>51840698
you are so full of shit. Look at pic I found they had hoverchariots more than 2000 years ago.
>>51840724
Ancient Egypt was a magical civilization though.
I'm more impressed by the miniature soldier cheetah 2bh
>>51840724
>hover-horse-body
What the fuck??? How did they do it?
>>51840746
I think that's just an ocelot
>>51840724
It apparently was stealth, too. No dust or water vapour trails.
>>51840767
>ocelot
always when I'm seeing these fuckers I have to laugh, because pic related
>>51840767
Can't be, ocelots are native no South and Central America, not Egypt. Its probably just a dessert cat with cool fur or something.
>>51840815
he remembers me!
>>51841026
>ocelots are native no South and Central America, not Egypt
You think the sea is an obstacle to someone with stealth hoverchariots?
>>51841052
They called you exotic, which is just people talk for awesome.
>>51837053
that suffering back wheel
>>51841153
more like, the poor wife who isn't fat enough yet to get her own scooter-thingy.
>Americans
>>51837116
These things are overpriced everywhere.
>>51829815
All toys are useless. That's what makes them toys.
>>51840565
>If they could place some gyroscopic stabilizers somewhere in there
>second video shows a guy riding this thing offroad in a forest
I saw some retard riding one of those at work and almost face plant into a bunch of hot as shit food.
the worst part is seeing people use these to push their shopping carts around
>>51841026
Not soldier ocelots you uncultured swine
>>51832003
h O t WHeelS RoBO NIgGA
>Italy
>every vehicle requires an indipendent braking system to be legal
>skate is literally a crime
>>51830353
Looks like someone is waiting for a beating. Can't honestly respect any law enforcement that shows up in something like that.
>The future finally arrived.
>It's nowhere as cool as you imagined.
Fuck this gay earth.
>>51832540
You're hating for all the wrong reasons
>>51837251
god this guy is the biggest faggot I ever witnessed
>>51832540
I feel you on this one, I live in Dubai so all I see nowadays are the Arab kids rolling around on these in EVERY CONCEIVABLE LOCATION
>>51831278
This guy is alpha as fuck.
Our school is a big basketball school and the team started riding these around campus. It's so ridiculous.
Last week one of them rolled thru the hallway to the elevator, and being nearly 7 feet tall he would normally have to duck to get on anyway, but rather than get off the hoverboard and pick it up, he just squats halfway and rolls into the elevator. There's not enough room to really turn around, so he just sits half squatting in the elevator til it gets to his floor; then he backs out in reverse still squatting looking over his shoulder and started shouting "BEEP BEEP".
>>51829815
I've only seen niggers using them. But I live in Chicago, so niggers are everywhere.
To answer your question, it's about as useful as rims, spinners, cellphone bling, and food stamps.
>>51829815
it's just the latest fad toy. interest is already waning, demand is dropping and prices are plummeting.
>>51831093
>>51841153
Holy shit, why am I afraid of this image? I felt legit fear the moment I saw it
>>51841880
trypophobia, I have it too and the image is disgusting
Obviously retarded, but people will think it seems cool and buy it.
>>51829815
>"Hoverboard"
>physically connected to the ground
>Doesn't hover.
Those things are so fad levels of degeneracy I hope anyone who buys one has an accident
>>51837116
Norwayfag here, I've actually seen several people on unicycles here and not even one swagway.
>>51841880
A normal response to seeing a shoggoth.
>>51829886
7/10 cracked a smile
Electrified shit is the future, guys, you might as well get used to it. These silly fire-hazard hoverboard things are just the beginning of something greater.
What the appearance of these hoverboards mean is that technology (especially batteries) have advanced to the point where you can build an intelligent, fast, relatively long-lived device, and sell it for the price of a good manual bicycle. As the price creeps down, you're going to see more and more electric rideables, in more and more shapes and sizes: bicycles, unicycles, skateboards, rollerskates, anything you can imagine.
