Single-wheeled GeoBlade electric skateboard is straight out of a sci-fi movie

LAS VEGAS — Last year, Hoverboard Technologies' Robert Bigler came by Mashable HQ in New York to show me the Hoverboard, a skateboard deck with a disc-shaped wheel at its center.

As futuristic as the Hoverboard was, it was just too expensive at $4,000 for the fully-loaded model. With the product's failed Kickstarter under his belt, Bigler returned to CES 2017 to show a cheaper version called the GeoBlade.

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The GeoBlade doesn't stray from the Hoverboard design. It still looks like a personal transporter straight out of a sci-fi movie, it's still tricked out with LED lights and has built-in Bluetooth speakers to blast your tunes. The overall design has been cleaned up to look sleeker, too. Read more...

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