We'll never get cool things if we automatically dismiss anything cool as vaporware and refuse to engage with it.

Granted, sometimes projects like this won't eventuate, but I'd rather be optimistic and get disappointed occasionally rather than cynical and always feel negative about cool new stuff.

Yeah and more crap like Yo! and Make a Potato Salad kickstarters will get funded by people who have 20 bucks to waste. I am not hating on the idea because this isn't new at all. Spend 15 minutes on Alibaba and you'll see most of what most hardware kickstarters are sourcing their stuff. .. And yeah I watched the slickly edited video, but they aren't getting my money.

Also this has nothing to do with optimism vs pessimism, it's that stuff like this shouldn't be on hackerne,ws unless they really are hacking something/creating something/showing something innovative (semi innovative works also).

Vaporware is stuff that nobody can get. Alibaba hardware is stuff that anyone can get. It can't be both.

Yeah, eventually something like this will solve a particular pain point for a subset of people. If this is supposed to just be a recreational thing, then I don't see the advantages it offers over stakes, bikes, scooters, etc.. But as the tech progresses then one day we might find something like this pop up again that is a valuable solution to some legitimate problems.

Vaporware? Have you watched the video?

I have. It's a kids toy with a slow mo video. But I am sure the founders of this seeded this thread with enough fake accounts to make sure it gets its much deserved publicity.

You realize that all new accounts on HN show up with green usernames. Currently, there are only two 'new' users who have posted in this thread, both expressing negative views about the product. If they've 'seeded' this thread with fake accounts, there's no evidence of it.

I think they mean upvoting the story submission rather than the comments.

I confess, the still used as the cover frame for the video put me off of watching it. Is any part of the video not a barely clothed model wearing the skates?

Ugh, no kidding. I want to see what the skates look like up close. I want to hear what they sound like without music being played over the top. There's hardly anything useful in the video.

That said, I've been looking for a decently portable, medium distance form of personal transport for a long time (preferably wearable so I don't have to lug it). I can't take a bike onto a tram. These might actually fit the bill.