[Isabelle Simova] is building Hoverbot, a flexible robotics platform using Ikea plastic trays, JavaScript running on a Raspberry Pi and parts scavenged from commonly available hoverboards.

"I thought there should be a way to support yourself and improve your balance when learning to use a hoverboard," said an inventor, from Lohrville, Iowa, "so I invented the HOVERBOARD ASSIST CHAIR. My ...

Hoverboards are a phenomenon like we’ve never seen before — and a troubling trend for entrepreneurs. The two-wheeled menaces seemed to come out of nowhere and became instantly popular. But just as ...