Adding a gearbox is one option, but there is another: so-called “hoverboard” motors are common and offer a frankly outstanding torque-to-price ratio. A teardown showed that the necessary ...

The two halves can rotate relative to each other, much like the two halves of a stock hoverboard. Amazingly, the build relies on the stock hoverboard motors and electronics. The hoverboard wheel ...

Movie fans and tech geeks alike have long shared a common dream: a chance to ride on Marty McFly's hoverboard, just like in Back to the Future Part II. When the date portrayed in the movie ...

Don't call Radical Moov a "hoverboard." Yes, it's a personal mobility device, and, yes, you stand on it. And -- OK, sure -- it also auto-balances while you ride by shifting your body weight.

His body bears the wear of a lifetime of heavyweight boxing, hard partying ... and a bad hoverboard accident that Mike says ...