The hoverboards burst into the world first with great pomp and excitement and then literally by bursting into flames. These two wheeled self balancing scooters, which are popularly called hoverboards were the hottest Christmas gift in 2015, with one hoverboard flying off the shelves of eBay every 10 seconds. Things started to go wrong when Chinese manufacturers in a bid to lower the price started to ship out inferior quality hoverboards with batteries and circuitry that was unsafe. This caused the hoverboards to burst into flames, while charging and ven while being used. Things changed very soon and the Consumer Products Safety Commission, the CPSC, soon came out with a statement that all hoverboards in the US were deemed unsafe unless they passed the UL 2272 certification. Right after that Segway, hit out with a patents infringement case, which effectively stopped all imports of hoverboards int the US. But this was all working to mature and improve the hoverboard industry. Just a few days back the first UL 2272 hoverboard using Samsung batteries and circuitry came out, the Kiwano hoverboard. Now the way ahead is bright, with better an higher quality and safer hoverboards coming our way soon. This blog has all of the details about hoverboards, their origin, history, present, future, latest news, reviews and much more.