LAS VEGAS -- If the skateboard and Segway had a strange, high-tech love child, it would be the IO Hawk. It's as weird and wonderful as it sounds.
The IO Hawk, by the company with the same name, is a self-balancing motorized personal transporter. It's one of the many tech products on display at the 2015 International CES this week.
Similar to the Segway (but minus the handle bars), the product is powered by batteries, motors and uses slight pressure from your feet to guide it where you want it to go. When you shift your balance, the device responds and moves in that direction.
"It's all in the toes," a company spokesperson told Mashable. "It doesn't take long to get used to how it works."
The IO Hawk weighs in at 22 pounds and can travel up to 6 mph. There are also lights behind the base as a security measure -- plus, it adds to the eye-catching cool factor as riders zip along.
While the startup hopes people will one day commute on the product -- or use as one would use a Segway to get around -- it says there is also potential for it in amusement parks and at promotional events.
It comes in three colors (white, red and black) and is available for pre-order on the IO Hawk website. While it costs $1800, the company told Mashable "we're hoping to get the price down soon."
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