LOS ANGELES — Acton, a manufacturer of mobility products, revealed earlier this month what it’s calling the world’s first smart electric skates. The Acton R RocketSkates, which debuted on crowdfunding ...

The Internet has picked some really bizarre things to get behind. And by bizarre, I mean that there was a successful campaign to fund a young man who wanted to make potato salad. Meanwhile, in the ...

Rollout: Peter Treadway with RocketSkates at Acton’s Altadena headquarters. If “smart wearable transportation” sounds a bit futuristic, then the future has arrived – in the form of skates.

Sparx Hockey, the Acton-based inventor of an automated sharpener for hockey and figure skates announced it was selected as the official skate sharpening partner for the National Women's Hockey League.

Despite the name, ACTON’s RocketSkates aren’t actually powered by rockets, but rather by motors and battery packs. Each skate contains two hub motors, which are controlled by an on-board ...

An Acton maker of ice skate sharpening equipment is the fastest-growing private company in New England on Inc. magazine’s new ranking. Sparx Hockey, which hit the market in 2016, has quickly spread in ...

Russ Layton was at a loss. The CEO of Acton-based Sparx Hockey, which makes portable skate sharpening machines, was running a non-essential business in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He furloughed ...

Many of us have dreamt about hoverboards. Jetpacks. Even driverless cars. With advances in technology, some of these dreams are becoming reality. But what about motorized roller skates? Why not, right ...