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September 30, 2015 12:52 am GMT

I survived a test drive aboard the Swagway X1 'hover board'

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This is a bad idea. I’m standing atop a Swagway X1,a two-wheeled, self-balancing personal mobility device, inching forward without benefit of a helmet or body parts wrapped in bubble wrap.

Somehow, however, I survived my first ride.

If you’ve never heard of Swagway, you’ve likely heard of the increasingly popular IO Hawk “hover board,” a device which neither hovers nor is a board. Put simply, Swagway and IO Hawk are skateboard-sized platforms that glide along on two 7-inch wheels and use robotic technology, gyroscopes and accelerometers to maintain their balance.

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