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Pix Moving brings robovans to Japan, eyes DAO-based EV making

A company from China is ready to capture Japan’s demand for autonomous service vehicles as robots play an increasingly important role to address the aging society’s labor shortage. Pix Mov

China’s EV chassis maker PIX raises $11M to build its own smart vehicles

The autonomous driving industry in China has enjoyed a boom over the past two years, with both institutional and corporate investors pouring money into a driverless future. Companies thriving in the d

How skate legend Per Welinder finds an investing niche amid US-China trade tensions

Months of tit-for-tat trade negotiations between China and the United States have damaged cross-border investment interest between the superpowers, especially in areas that involve deep technology and

Boosted nabs $60M as the electric skateboard maker looks to build something new

Boosted has scored some serious cash as it looks to move beyond the world of electric skateboards to conquer new forms of personal transportation. The startup announced today that it has closed a $60

Review: $749 Boosted Mini S electric skateboard nails it

Boosted Boards (now, just Boosted) is back with a skateboard that really seems to get it right. The company’s latest product is their first shortboard. It lops off 8.5 inches in length from the

ZBoard is an electric skateboard that doesn’t need a controller

There’s no arguing that electric skateboards aren’t efficient and fun. But most modern electric skateboards like the Boosted Board and InBoard M1 are operated by hand-held controllers that

Roll your own business cards with this 3D-printed embosser

While we all know the best business cards are printed on bone paper with lettering in Silian Rail, the second best business cards are the ones you roll yourself right in front of your intended recipie

Tony Hawk: RIDE priced and dated

Gamestop just announced that Tony Hawk: RIDE is set to drop on October 13, 2009 for $119. Why so much you ask? Only because it comes with a plastic skateboard game controller. Hopefully the aftermarke

Guilded Age: Next Tony Hawk to use motion-sensing skateboard controller?

Flickr’d Could the next Tony Hawk game (they still make those?) use a new controller? Like, maybe! Apparently Activision is toying with the idea of using a motion skateboard-like motion-sensitiv

Magic Wheel is like a broken bike skateboard thing

I…don’t get it. That doesn’t matter, though, because I bet we’ll start seeing these things all over the place. It’s called the “Magic Wheel” and it appears to

Skateboard Like A MotoGP Racer

Garry Chang’s latest creation is a skateboard that oddly enough reminds me of a motorcycle. Huh? Wha?! The Curve Extreme Sport ditches two wheels and goes for a more streamlined approach that allows