Until the scientific community gets off its collective duff and starts researching the important and poorly understood field of Hoverboard technology, we’ll just have to comfort ourselves with the Kinect-commanded, electric-powered, and Windows 8-controlled Board of Awesomeness from Chaotic Moon.
The Board of Awesomeness (BoA), employs an as-of-yet unreleased Window’s 8 tablet in conjunction with a Kinect control bar to drive an 800 watt electric skateboard using a 36 volt power supply. Riders control the speed — either slow, medium, and fast — through a combination of voice commands and hand gestures, with a maximum speed of 32MPH. Push your hands forward and the board accelerates, pull them back and the board cruises to a halt. Directional changes appear to be controlled the old-fashioned way — by leaning back and forth.
I’d love to take one of these for a spin despite being terrified of putting my foot through a tablet screen after hitting one of San Francisco’s many potholes. [Chaotic Moon - Slashgear]
RooBoy
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 4:03 PMGreat concept but why just have a hand held throttle? Simpler, cheaper and less likely to mis-interpuret a hand guesture and propel you into something bigger and heavier than you!
Love the speed of the board though!
Paul
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 1:57 AMDefinitely! Would love the board without the Kinnect sitting on the front + Tablet. Where do I sign?
RooBoy
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 4:03 PMsorry.. damn.. I need to confirm my posts before hitting submit.. I meant “WHY NOT” just have a hand held…………
Sam
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 4:09 PMI actually have one of these boards, and damn, a mis-read hand guesture would be fatal. The wireless remotes work great.
Sam
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 4:11 PMthe current method is already wireless, pin point accurate and you don’t need to stant like a moron for it to work
MannyJ
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 7:20 PMIt’s obvious these guys weren’t trying to solve any major problem with the current hand throttles used by boards like this today… they are demonstrating their abilities by showing how far they can push the Kinect technology.