The eco guide to hoverboards | Lucy Siegle

They have their problems, but hoverboards are much more efficient and eco-friendly than your average petrol scooter

Ever since blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan was fined 5s in 1842 for injuring a girl on the bike he is said to have invented, history and bylaws have been unkind to new forms of personal transport.

Are self-balancing scooters or unicycles (the "hoverboards" seen on our most hipsterish streets) our equivalent? These have been touted as the great crossover technology hit of our times.