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Hoverboards are coming back
Swagway, one of the most recognizable names in the combustible hoverboard market, is back.
The company told Mashable that its new rolling balance board, the SWAGTRON (they use all-caps for the trademark, but we'll lowercase from here on out) is coming to America.
Getting these devices back on the market in the U.S. would be quite a feat. They were deemed unsafe by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in February and then pulled from the market by virtually every retailer (tourist traps in lower Manhattan excepted).
SEE ALSO: The rise and fall of the hoverboard
At the time, the CPSC said "self-balancing scooters that do not meet the safety standards referenced above to be defective, and that they may present a substantial product hazard." Read more...
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