RocketSkates: Motorized Roller Skates That Strap on Over Shoes

Motorized roller skates that strap on over street shoes. No, they’re not from the Acme Corp.

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By Belinda Lanks

October 16, 2014 at 7:40 PM UTC

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This article is part of the October 20, 2014 issue of businessweek.

Innovator: Peter Treadway
Age: 41
Co-founder and chief technology officer of Acton, a three-year-old startup in Altadena, Calif.

Form and function: A pair of battery-powered, motorized roller skates that can propel wearers at up to 12 miles per hour while tracking their battery power and how fast and far they’ve traveled via an app.