Bond Hits the Boardwalk With New Skateboard

By Gregory Mone Posted 11.14.2007 at 11:27 am 4 Comments

A Paris-based company called Ratleads is releasing a three-wheeled skateboard that can be controlled via cellular phone. The company is calling its creation, Groundsurf, more of a surfboard, because of the way it rides and turns, but the real attraction is in the technology.

An electric motor drives the single front wheel, and you can change the board's speed with a Bluetooth-enabled phone. It will most likely run with touchscreen phones, so riders can simply slide a finger up or down the screen to adjust their speed. Which sounds cool, but you have to wonder how many people will be able to keep their eyes on the road, and not be tempted to check an incoming text while on the fly. Gordon & Smith will sell them here in the US.—Gregory Mone

The board is just one in a long line of lazy man's gadgets, check out the full list here.

Via BlueTomorrow

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popsci

11/14/07 at 1:27 pm

Yea, what about what happends when you fall and drop your touch screen cell phone that you just paid $400 for.

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popsci

11/14/07 at 2:24 pm

Yea, I'll take something like that for a little lower price tag. How fast does it go? Sean, keep me up to date on the price of the phone that you don't want to break? Do you even have that kind of loose change?

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popsci

11/14/07 at 5:21 pm

Hmmm. Perfect for that teenage boy in your house who does nothing but watch tv. Let his fingers do a workout by changing the speed every two hours. Perfect.

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popsci

11/14/07 at 5:59 pm

yea this is jst stupid its way to lazy duh and is jst killin us. we need to stay active to stsy healthy.