ZBoard, Like a Moped Only Way Cooler

 

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Remember that moped you thought was the coolest when you were 14? No? Well, pre-drivers license, the idea of motorized transportation in any form sounded way cool to a lot of us. That even went for mopeds, until we actually bought one. Well this is like the moped but is a whole lot cooler.

The ZBoard is a motorized skateboard.

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As the pre-order page explains

The ZBoard is the world’s first, weight-sensing electric skateboard. To ride simply lean forward on the front footpad to accelerate and lean back on the rear footpad to brake.

Come on, you KNOW you want one. The ZBoard will be available for purchase on March 1st, 2012 and can be reserved now.

via werd

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Dan Cohen
Having a father who was heavily involved in early laser and fiber-optical research, Dan grew up surrounded by technology and gadgets. Dan’s father brought home one of the very first video games when he was young and Dan remembers seeing a “pre-release” touchtone phone. (When he asked his father what the “#” and “*” buttons were his dad said, “Some day, far in the future, we’ll have some use for them.”) Technology seemed to be in Dan’s blood but at some point he took a different path and ended up in the clergy. His passion for technology and gadgets never left him. Dan is married to Raina Goldberg who is also an avid user of Apple products. They live in New Jersey with their golden doodle Nava.