With Mark Cuban Out, Razor USA Buys Hoverboard Patent

Hoverboards may be in major American stores in time for Christmas after all. Razor USA, the company behind the wildly popular scooters, has signed a licensing agreement to sell hoverboards in the US, BuzzFeed News has learned.

Razor paid inventor Shane Chen an undisclosed sum for exclusive rights to his patent for “a two-wheel, self-balancing personal vehicle.”

The deal was inked “very recently,” Katherine Mahoney, vice president of marketing for Razor USA, said in a Friday email to BuzzFeed News, declining to specify when negotiations began.

“The Hovertrax is a progressive extension of Razor’s commitment to innovation in ride-on products,” Mahoney said in the email. “Combining quality, technology and our dedication to giving our customers the most current in electric scooters, Razor is continuing its mission to expand the audience for electric-powered ride-ons.”

Mahoney added, “There is a great deal of retail interest in the Razor Hovertrax and [it] will available for the holidays.”

On Friday, BuzzFeed News reported that the billionaire businessman Mark Cuban had backed out of an earlier deal to acquire rights to Chen’s patent, opening the door for Razor.

Hoverboards are likely to be one of the hottest retail items this Christmas season, and Razor’s acquisition of Chen’s patent could be a pathway for the scooters to make their way onto American store shelves. Until now, most of the boards have been sold online through a patchwork of large retailers and small Shopify pop-up stores, in part due to patent concerns.

Razor products are found in some of the nation’s largest stores, including Wal-Mart, Target, and Toys R’ Us, though the company declined to specify if its hoverboard would be in stores, online, or both.

“It is definitely a very significant cultural phenomenon,” Carlton Calvin, founder and president of Razor USA, said in an interview with BuzzFeed News last month. “It’s something that has captured my attention.”

Calvin said last month that he had tried the hoverboard, which he found “easier than the solo wheel,” but not as comfortable as Razor scooters.

“It’s nice to have it so compact where the wheels are side by side on a hoverboard but we make things with wheels one in front of the other, which is inherently balancing like a bicycle,” Calvin said. “You put one wheel in front and one wheel in back and that automatically balances you.”

The Hovertrax won’t be the only board available to holiday shoppers. Target told BuzzFeed News on Friday that it will be carrying a separate brand of hoverboard called the Swagway on its website this holiday season. The $500 device should be available online by the end of this week, a spokesperson said. The company added that it hasn’t been able to disclose plans until now as “this is a hot item or the holiday season and we needed to find a vendor that could provide us with adequate inventory.”

Is it legal to ride a hoverboard on the street in New York?

New York City police have banned hoverboards from city streets, according toseveral news reports today.

Hoverboards, or Hero Boards, are two-wheeled, motorized, self-balancing scooters. You drive them by balancing on two feet like a sideways skateboard with no handlebars.

We asked what this New York City ban means for the rest of New York state, including Syracuse?

A DMV spokesman said hoverboards are legal in Syracuse, subject to state vehicle and traffic laws and any local restrictions the city has enacted.

A spokesman for the city of Syracuse is looking into any local restrictions.

State law puts hoverboards in the category of an "electric personal assistive mobility device."

There are all kinds of restrictions already in state law for that kind of device:

• They are banned in cities with more than 1 million people.


• They may be operated on highways with a posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour or less, including non-interstate public highways, private roads open to motor vehicle traffic and designated bicycle or in-line skate lanes.


• If you want to turn left, you have to use the crosswalk.


• Only one person per hovercraft.


• You have to wear reflective clothing and use a light in the dark.


• Drivers must be 16 or older.


• No riding in state parks or historic sites.


• You can only go 8 miles an hour on a sidewalk if your town allows hoverboards to be driven on sidewalks.


• If you're going to pass a pedestrian on the sidewalk, you have to make sure there is enough room and ring a bell that can be heard up to 100 feet away. (It has to be a bell, not a siren or whistle.)


• No clinging to vehicles.


• There is no fine for breaking those rules once. A second time comes with a fine of up to $50, state law says.

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Buying a Hoverboard? Here’s Everything You Need to Know

ONE OF THIS year’s hottest gifts is the hoverboard, also known as the less enticing but more accurate name of an “electric hands-free scooter.” If you’re brave enough to try to grab one of these elusive people-movers, then you probably have a few pre-shopping questions. We have answers.

Where Can I Buy One?

It’s already this late in the year and you want to buy one now? It’s not impossible, but it won’t be easy. Quite a few major retailers are sold out already or don’t want to stock them at all (liability issues are too real)—so getting one before the holidays is going to be a challenge. Going directly to one of the manufacturer’s websites is your best bet (some links below), or set up an Amazon alert for one of the better-known brands. Sure, a search for “hoverboard” on Amazon brings up a lot of options, but a lot of these are knock-offs that are going to break, or worse. 

How Much Is it Going to Cost?

One way to tell if your board is any good is cost. Under $300? You probably want to back away quickly. Some of the best-reviewed boards are upwards of $1,000, though some of those without celebrity reputations attached can be bought for between $500-$900. TL;DR: There really isn’t a standard price yet, but you should budget to spend at least $500.

Which Ones Are the Safest?

A better question to ask might be, “Which hoverboard won’t explode and kill me, resulting in a death so embarrassing it sounds like an Onion headline?” Fantastic and wise query. There have been a few reports about cheap version of the devices being sold with low quality battery packs that overheat. And then, you know, explode. Unfortunately, these reports have all declined to name names—but most information suggests that units coming directly from China are the culprits. But, um, that’s a lot of them. A good bet is to opt for one of the popular brand names: PhunkeeDunk, Hovertrax, IO Hawk, Ninebot, pleasedin,and Swagway are all (relatively) big names in this market.

MoI urges caution while using self–balancing electric scooters

MoI urges caution while using self–balancing electric scooters

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Doha: Ministry of Interior (MoI) has urged everyone to be cautious while using self–balancing electric scooters inside the city roads.

A post on ministry’s social media page said: “People are using self –balancing electric scooters as part of sports and entertainment activities and sometime even to move in between short distance.

“People are usually treating self-balancing boards as toys and use it carelessly. Please note that you might get injured when riding a self-balancing scooter if not experienced or don’t follow the safety instructions.”

Among the suggestions it put forward are:

• Before using these scooters, the rider should understand all the instructions that came with the device. He/She should also practice it indoor before riding outdoor to avoid accidents.
• Hopping on a scooter may prove dangerous.
• Don’t ride these scooters in rough terrain or in watery surface or while raining.
• Avoid riding on barefoot and colliding with people or irremovable objects.
• Wear helmet, knee-pads, elbow pads and gloves to protect you in case of falling or slipping

(Source: MoI)

2015 NEW DESIGN! Electric Self Balancing Scooter: The Mini Transportation Future

Electric Self Balancing Scooter: The Mini Transportation Future

Transportation from one place to another place when it is like going to your nearest superstore or going yo your friends house people are always tired. But there is some innovation which is being done in the last few decades but now its publicly releases. We pleasedin Prospect unveiling the future of the mini transportation in which today, we will discuss about the thing we called Self Balancing Scooter.

The name is pretty simple that there is some scooter which self-balanced while we try to ride them yes it is. The Interesting thing about these scooters is they runs on the electricity as it provides you a relevant and instant power source which is cheap and easily available.

About the Self Balancing Electric Scooter

This scooter works on Gyro Sensor technology as whenever you stand on the scooter, there is no chance of the fallen down because the sensor help you to balance your weight easily on the board. The pickup of this mini scooter is awesome as it’s working on electric power and have the electric motor inside of 350W each side. So it is powerful machine to ride on.

Many people as well as popular celebrities are promoting these scooters in their show and moreover, it’s become one of the most popular gadget among the teens, adult as well matures also. With a simple charge of the 1 hour, these scooter can go up to 12 kilometres easily with Over 120 kg weight load.

But the outer cover of the scooter is not so rigid as it is made by plastic that’s why it is not so durable also but anyways you can go with it. There is no big problem for that. But it got the scratched easily.

As people call them 2 wheels self-balancing smart electric scooter, some calls it handsfree or MiniSegway and the best part of this scooter is “No regular name of these devices”. All the scooter are imported from the china and personally labeled by the big distributors and sold over Ecommerce websites.

These scooters make small distance ride easy as you can go to your friends house, a tour of your university campus and much more.

How You can Ride these self balancing Scooters?

Riding these Scooters are so easy and relevant just you have to put your foot on the pads and when you push the pads forward it goes forward and for back it will go to the back direction. While Moving left and right put a little force on the direction in which you want to move and you are done. When you ride it the first time it will like this is connected to your Mind.

Where you can get this self Balancing Scooters?

The other thing is getting these scooters, so where you can get the right choice of the scooter you can grab it from the https://pleasedin.com

This is place where you will get all about these scooters, the best deals with proper natural reviews and specification which is understandable and even a newbie can choose a right deal for him/her.

But if you are confused and you want the Best Self Balancing scooters than there is the section for this too on top and Don’t forget, it can be future trend in your area so just pick this offer before than anyone.

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