Walking may never go completely out of style, but a new breed of personal-transportation devices has emerged that offers "more thrilling ways to travel." RocketSkates ($399) might be the most unconventional option. Inspired by shoewear devised by Wile E. Coyote in an old Road Runner cartoon, said Georgia Wells at Wall Street Journal, the skates are propelled by battery-powered 55-watt motors and — like skateboard-inspired rivals OneWheel and IO Hawk — use motion sensors and tiny computers to gauge where the wearer wants to go. You push off with one foot, lean forward, "and whoooosh"…. "It's almost as if they're reading your mind."
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