CES 2016: Finding the Next ‘Hoverboard’

It was at last year’s CES that the worldwide craze over “hoverboards” — those two-wheeled self-balancing scooters you see under way too many pedestrians’ feet nowadays — officially began.

So here at CES 2016, I’m in search of the next “hoverboard” — a rightful successor to the explodingly popular personal conveyance. And maybe even a successor that’s less explode-y in the literal sense, too.

Watch the video above, where I ride (or try to ride) all the scooters, remote-controlled skates, and foldable electric bikes that I could get my hands on.

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• CES 2016 First Look: Smart Showers and Robot Bartenders

• HTC and Under Armour’s HealthBox Is an All-in-One Fitness Tracking System

• HTC Debuts Improved Vive Pre VR Headset with Front-Facing Camera

• What Is CES, Anyway? A Quick Guide for the Perplexed

• Samsung Goes After Microsoft, Apple With Win 10 Tablet and Laptops

• Toyota Spending $1 Billion to Develop AI-Driven Cars, Robots for the Home

• Ford Says It Will Have Self-Driving Cars and Smart-Home Integration by 2020

• 4 Big Trends at CES 2016: Cars, Wearables, Laptops, and Accessories for Everything

• Oculus Rift Will Cost $599 and Will Ship in March

• LG’s See-Through, Rollable OLED Screens: Here, but Not Cheap

• 3D Printers Get Faster, Cheaper, Smarter: Can Now ‘Print’ Food, Bones, Even Funeral Urns

• Chevy Debuts Bolt EV: Electric Car for the Rest of Us