The US International Trade Commission has issued a ban on the import of "certain personal transporters" that infringe on Segway patents related to self-balancing technology, the federal agency said Wednesday. This means any hoverboard or similar smart-balancing device using tech covered in Segway's patents won't be allowed into the country for sale.
You might not have heard of Franky Zapata, but anyone in the UK could tell you he's the crazy Frenchman who has a self-made hoverboard.
Failed miserably?!? He made it about half way! Seriously, when it comes to distance, "failed miserably" normally means shortly after starting.
The Verge: Franky Zapata plans to cross the Channel on the Flyboard Air on Thursday
The man who invented the Flyboard Air has been barred from flying his jet-powered hoverboard in France, sparking a debate over the country’s policies on innovation.
I submitted a story related to this a long time before that hoverboards were banned in college.
It's not a hoverboard if it doesn't hover, ffs.
I just think of them as smaller segways without the handle bar
Wait theres hovebaords? Were? Ive never seen anyone use a hoverboard.
What a chinese companies stealing ideas, patients, and selling at a cheap product in the USA! That would never happen here.............