University of California Announces Hoverboard Restriction

Cody Kitaura — June 14, 2016 - 9:40am

While hoverboards may already have gone the way of Furby, Tickle Me Elmo and other holiday gift fads, it’s now even less likely they’ll show up around campus.

A new UC-wide policy says you can’t have one of the self-balancing, battery-operated boards on any campus or at any medical center, unless the board is certified as safe by an independent testing laboratory, such as UL. As of today, UL had approved only a handful.

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University of California Announces Hoverboard Restriction