for the past few weeks the video of a women breezing past people in a crowded market in what looks like a seatless motored unicycle has been doing the rounds on social media the compact vehicle in the video which leaves the onlookers puzzled at the same time is nothing but a solowheel a batteryrun selfbalancing unicycle that has been created by inventist the makers of the original hoverboardthe 11 kg electric vehicles assist the rider in staying upright by using an electric motor and gyroscopes controlled by a computer which is fed data from accelerometers and other sensors when not in use it can be folded like a suitcase and carried or dragged around with ease modern versions of the vehicle come with bluetooth capabilities for smartphone apps a cool suspension system and morewhile the solowheel has been around for close to two years now the renewed interest in the futuristic travel vehicle is the announcement of the launch of iota a cross between the solowheel and hoverboard similar to the solowheel a person can ride it by standing on pedals with the wheels and motors between their feet but the iota is a little different it has two wheels sidebyside inside the central housing making it look sort of a laterallyshortened hoverboardin fact the original solowheel has been spotted quite a few times in bengaluru as well where the owner of the prized possession was spotted zipping across mg road other popular forms of selfbalancing unicycles include the honda u3x enicycle uno and eunicycle