Fire Hazard Content / Fire Hazard Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en University of California Announces Hoverboard Restriction /news/university-california-announces-hoverboard-restriction <p>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.</p> <p><a href="http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/3500643/">A new UC-wide policy</a> 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. <a href="http://www.ul.com/hoverboards/">As of today, UL had approved only a handful.</a></p> June 14, 2016 - 9:40am Cody Kitaura /news/university-california-announces-hoverboard-restriction