The first time I ever saw motorized roller skates were those worn by one Wyle E. Coyote in a brilliant, but thwarted, attempt to capture a road runner. However, this pair, designed and built in Germany by an engineer named Gerhardt, predated the Acme Company's version by decades. The idea never really seemed to take off, so to speak, until quite recently: http://gizmodo.com/314473/ishoes-movin-and-groovin-at-15mph 
I'm still trying to work out where the brakes are.
it was only a a matter of time since Segway for these to come back-- how in the hell DO you stop? it's not like you can drag the toe as on an ice skate. YOUTH=SPEED=FOOLHARDINESS.
ReplyDeleteI'm also wondering what would happen if only one skate ran out of gas.
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