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What’s a dog to do if they want to do some accessible skateboarding? [Simone Giertz]’s three-legged pup, [Scraps], got the chance to try a LEGO Technic board for her thrills. …read more Continue reading An Electric Skateboard for the Dogs
If you sometimes want an electric boost while skateboarding, but don’t want an electric skateboard, then you might like REM. It’s essentially a handheld “power stick” that works completely independent of the user’s board.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban… Continue reading Motorized wheel-on-a-pole sticks it to electric skateboards
DIY electric personal vehicles are a field where even hobbyists can meaningfully innovate, and that’s demonstrated by the Mega-Wheelie, a self-balancing one-wheeled skateboard constructed as an experiment in traversing off-road …read more Continue reading Behold The Mega-Wheelie, a Huge One-Wheeled Electric Skateboard
During the 20th Century, much of the western world decided that motor vehicles were the only desirable form of transportation. We built our cities to accommodate cars through parking, stop …read more Continue reading Supercon 2022: Bradley Gawthrop Wants You to Join the PEV Revolution
The famous hoverboards of Back to the Future haven’t quite gotten here yet, but that hasn’t stopped anyone with a unique personal vehicle from using the name any time they …read more Continue reading Hoverboard Rides on Eddy Currents
Over the years, we’ve heard about several skateboards that were claimed to handle like snowboards made for the street. The Finnish-designed Slede snowskate flips that concept around, by reportedly performing like a skateboard made for the snow.Continue… Continue reading Snow-going Slede is like a skateboard with mini snowboards for wheels
Skateboarding can be a fun way of getting around town, but most boards have to be either carried by hand or strapped onto a backpack when not in use. The Koala Boards skateboard offers an easier alternative, as it magnetically snaps onto an accompanyin… Continue reading Magnetic skateboard pops on and off of a matching backpack
While building a skate park might not appear to have much in common with software development, at they very least, they both suffer from a familiar problem: scalability. Bigger skate …read more Continue reading Electric Skateboard Becomes Mobile Skate Park
Injection molding is usually focused on high-volume production, but that doesn’t always need to be the case. The Recycled Plastic Skateboard Deck project centers on the use of injection molding …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Recycled Plastic Skateboard Decks Demonstrate Small-Scale Injection Molding
If you can buy something off the shelf, there’s a good chance that someone has tried to 3D print their own version. [Daniel Norée] did just that with skateboard trucks, …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Skate Trucks Do Surprisingly Okay