{"id":357,"date":"2011-05-10T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argee.net\/wordpress\/?p=357"},"modified":"2012-06-01T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T23:42:13","slug":"islide-uslide-do-we-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"iSLide, uSlide, do we Slide?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 51px; height: 21px; overflow: hidden;\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=357\" data-send=\"false\" data-width=\"51\" data-show-faces=\"false\"><\/div><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=357\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=357\" data-text=\"iSLide, uSlide, do we Slide?\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=357\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_digg\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthrawnrickle.com%2F%3Fp%3D357&amp;title=iSLide%2C+uSlide%2C+do+we+Slide%3F\" class=\"mr_social_sharing_popup_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/buttons\/digg.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\"\/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_reddit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthrawnrickle.com%2F%3Fp%3D357\" class=\"mr_social_sharing_popup_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/buttons\/reddit.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Submit to reddit\" title=\"Submit to reddit\"\/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=357\" data-text=\"iSLide, uSlide, do we Slide?\" data-desc=\"The\u00a0iSlide \u2013 brainchild of Ofir Tal of Hadasa College in Israel back in September, 2007 \u2013 is a hydrogen fuel cell powered cross between a skateboard and a snowboard. At least it was supposed to have been when it completed development.iSlide has one wide wheel located in its center of\" data-image=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/52795-47286\/iSlide.jpg?a=51\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 11px; \" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p sourceindex=\"506\" siber__q92dpb7seovvtbh5__vptr=\"7c12e40\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: black; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 6px; \">The&nbsp;iSlide \u2013 brainchild of Ofir Tal of Hadasa College in Israel back in September, 2007 \u2013 is a hydrogen fuel cell powered cross between a skateboard and a snowboard. At least it was supposed to have been when it completed development.<\/p>\n<p sourceindex=\"507\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: black; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 6px; \">iSlide has one wide wheel located in its center of gravity. Lean forward&nbsp;to accelerate; push back to slow down. Tal says nothing about downhill&#8230;<\/p>\n<p sourceindex=\"508\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: black; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 6px; \">iSlide has a top-speed of 15 kilometers per hour,&nbsp;and will be much&nbsp;less expensive than Segway.<\/p>\n<p sourceindex=\"509\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: black; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 6px; \">Remember when the Segway developed a problem where the bottom stopped, but the top didn&#8217;t? Well, I&#8217;m a bit worried about the iSlide stopping suddenly, with nothing to hold on to&#8230;and don&#8217;t even talk to me about downhill! I suspect it never got beyond the prototype pictured below because of this problem. Except for a couple of 2007 Web references, the iSlide has disappeared.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" sourceindex=\"510\" siber__q92dpb7seovvtbh5__vptr=\"7c12d20\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: black; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 6px; \"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/52795-47286\/iSlide.jpg?a=51\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/52795-47286\/iSlide.jpg?a=51\" style=\"border-color: initial; width: 449px; height: 333px; vertical-align: middle; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-color: initial; \"><\/a><br \/>The iSlide<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 51px; height: 21px; overflow: hidden;\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=357\" data-send=\"false\" data-width=\"51\" data-show-faces=\"false\"><\/div><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=357\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=357\" data-text=\"iSLide, uSlide, do we Slide?\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=357\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_digg\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthrawnrickle.com%2F%3Fp%3D357&amp;title=iSLide%2C+uSlide%2C+do+we+Slide%3F\" class=\"mr_social_sharing_popup_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/buttons\/digg.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\"\/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_reddit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthrawnrickle.com%2F%3Fp%3D357\" class=\"mr_social_sharing_popup_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/buttons\/reddit.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Submit to reddit\" title=\"Submit to reddit\"\/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/thrawnrickle.com\/?p=357\" data-text=\"iSLide, uSlide, do we Slide?\" data-desc=\"The\u00a0iSlide \u2013 brainchild of Ofir Tal of Hadasa College in Israel back in September, 2007 \u2013 is a hydrogen fuel cell powered cross between a skateboard and a snowboard. 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