CREATION STORY -- A LEGEND SO TO
SPEAK."))
(SCOTT)
YOU'RE LOOKING AT VIDEO FOR A
PRODUCT SET TO DEBUT THIS
NOVEMBER.
IT'S THE NEXT GENERATION IN
HOVERBOARDS CALLED THE "MOOV."
(SCOTT)
MARK CUBAN STARTED THE COMPANY.
HE IS AN IU GRAD - BUT THE
PRODUCT'S INDIANA CONNECTIONS GO
EVEN DEEPER.
(LAUREN)
CUBAN HIRED TWO PEOPLE TO BUILD
THE NEW HOVERBOARD...
ONE OF THOSE TWO IS A 2011
GRADUATE OF ZIONSVILLE
COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
HIS NAME IS EJ WILLIAMS.
AFTER ZIONSVILLE.. HE MAJORED IN
ENGINEERING AT
PURDUE.
BUT AS I FOUND OUT.. IT WAS THE
PROJECTS EJ STARTED WORKING
ON IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT MADE HIM
UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO
BUILD "THE NEXT BIG THING."
(REPORTER: LAUREN LOWREY)
IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU GO "BEHIND
THE BOARD" ON A PROTOTYPE -- 4
MONTHS BEFORE ITS RELEASE.
BUT EJ WILLIAMS IS SHOWING US
WIRES, CIRCUITS, AND ALL.
(( EJ WILLIAMS/ENGINEER OF THE
MOOV : "I DESIGNED THIS
GUY. WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE THE
SENSORS, THE MICROCONTROLLER..."
))
JUST OUT OF PURDUE IN 2015..
EJ STARTED DESIGNING AND
BUILDING THIS NEW KIND OF
HOVERBOARD -- WITH A SOLID
PLATFORM AND 9" WHEELS.
IT'S CONSIDERED A "PREMIUM SELF-
BALANCING SCOOTER" -- A
TECHNOLOGY EJ STARTED WORKING ON
DURING HIS DAYS AT ZIONSVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL -- IN MATT
MULLHOLLAND'S PHYSICS CLASS.
((MATT MULHOLLAND/PHYSICS
TEACHER, ZIONSVILLE HIGH
SCHOOL: "HE WAS ONE OF THOSE
KIDS THAT JUST WAS CURIOUS, WAS
NEVER SATISFIED WITH AN
EXPLANATION -- WANTED TO REALLY
DIG DEEPER AND KNOW THE
ANSWER.))
(( NATS HELMET CLICKS ))
(( NATS KEY TURNS))
(( NATS WHEELS DRIVE OFF))
THE INTEREST STARTED WITH TH
ELECTRIC GO KART ANOTHER STUDENT
BUILT FOR A SENIOR CLASS
PROJECT.
IT GOES 0-TO-40 IN 2 SECONDS..
AND NOW PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES
FOR DONUTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL
PARKING LOT.
IN 2010.. EJ WANTED TO TOP THE
EV GO KART WITH HIS OWN
SENIOR CLASS PROJECT...
SO HE ATTEMPTED TO BUILD A SELF-
BALANCING SCOOTER, A.K.A. A
SEGWAY.
(( CELL PHONE VIDEO NATS MATT
MULHOLLAND: "CAN YOU
GO FORWARD?"))
THE BUILD WAS SLOW...
(( CELL PHONE VIDEO NATS EJ
INSTRUCTS MATT MULHOLLAND:
"OH! CATCH IT!" NATS OF CRASH ))
BUT AFTER COUNTLESS CRASHES.. EJ
FINALLY FINISHED IT
-- DURING HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AT
PURDUE. MATT MULHOLLAND
ENCOURAGED HIM ALL THE WAY.
(( MATT :
EJ "I LITERALLY HAD A LEASH ON
IT AND A ROPE HANGING FROM
THE CEILING WHILE I WAS
DEVELOPING THE HOVERBOARD. OH
YEAH (LAUGHS)." ))
BUT NOW.. THAT SAME BOARD IS
CARVING AND TURNING WITH A
TORSION TECHNOLOGY EJ HELPED
CREATE;
(( EJ/ : "ALL TRADITIONAL
HOVERBOARDS HAVE A SWIVEL
TORSION TECHNOLOGY EJ HELPED
CREATE;
(( EJ/ : "ALL TRADITIONAL
HOVERBOARDS HAVE A SWIVEL
IN THE MIDDLE, THEY KIND OF COME
TO AN HOURGLASS SHAPE. OURS IS
ONE SOLID PIECE OF ALUMINUM." ))
AND THE STEERING IS BASED ON
WEIGHT.
EVEN I STEPPED ON THE MOOV...
(( LAUREN:
IT WAS A SLOW START, BUT AFTER A
FEW MINUTES.. I WAS STARTING TO
GET THE HANG OF IT.
((LAUREN: "SO IT'S REALLY
RESPONSIVE AND THAT
SURPRISES ME. I KIND OF THOUGHT
I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO MANHANDLE
IT A LITTLE BIT, TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU, BUT
THIS IS WAY MORE RESPONSIVE THAN
I IMAGINED."
EJ: "VERY INTUITIVE.))
THE MOOV IS INTENDED TO BE A
"LAST MILE" VEHICLE FOR
URBAN COMMUTERS -- AND AVERAGES
8-10 MILES ON ONE
CHARGE.
((EJ / : "WE DON'T SEE THIS AS A
CHILD'S TOY AT ALL. THIS IS
ACTUALLY A UTILITY DEVICE." ))
AND THE PRICE-TAG REFLECTS IT.
YOU CAN PRE-ORDER THE MOOV FOR
$1,200 RIGHT NOW ON
KICKSTARTER.
IT'LL COST $1,500 IN NOVEMBER.
(LAUREN)
AS WE MENTIONED.. EJ SPENT THE
LAST TWO YEARS
DEVELOPING THE MOOV HOVERBOARD
FOR MARK CUBAN --
WHO IS HIS DIRECT BOSS.
BUT THEY'VE BEEN CONNECTED MUCH
LONGER.
IN 1979, EJ'S DAD ACTUALLY GAVE
CUBAN HIS FIRST LOAN WHILE CUBAN
WAS IN COLLEGE AT IU.
AT THE TIME, CUBAN WAS 21 AND
EJ'S DAD WAS 29.
THEY WERE CONNECTED THROUGH
RUGBY.. AND MARK CUBAN
WANTED TO BORROW A FEW THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO START
THE BAR "MOTLEY'S."
SO, EJ'S DAD LOANED CUBAN THE
MONEY.
(TOSS TO WEATHER)
THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE
STRONGER STORMS WILL BE