Hoverboard on Kickstarter

[C-Sword]

The current prototype of the Hendo – the company’s 18th – will hover about 3cm off the ground carrying up to 140kg (about two people) for around 15 minutes. It uses a strong magnetic field to repulse a ground-based material and float in the same way maglev trains operate. That means that Hendo will only float over floors made of non-ferrous metals such as copper or aluminium; this is no skateboard for flying down to the local supermarket, or around the town square hoiked to the back of a pickup truck.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/21/marty-mcfly-hoverboard-available-on-kickstarter

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

I support this

 

[K7L33THA]

Jetpacks or flying cars should take priority imo.

 

[HellblazerHawkman]

Steps into the future. Reasonably, I guess magnets could be the only way to do this, right?

 

[TopTierHarley]

Hope they make their goal, side note I could use that tech to be a sick Magneto for Halloween

 

[testyourpatience]

i heard they already made something like this but all the jesus freaks thought it was the devil lol.

 

[NoobHunter420]

so much potential for this
hover boards should be the last thing on people's mind.

 

[GGA Max]

Hmmm, very fun idea. I wonder how it propels itself. I would guess you could probably propel yourself like an actual skateboard. It looked like they had a controller at some point.

When he was on the half-pipe it was cool he wasn't experiencing much friction, maybe just air resistance, which isn't much... would magnetic field cause any friction?

 

[HellblazerHawkman]

so much potential for this
hover boards should be the last thing on people's mind.

The article mentioned that this tech could be incorporated into heavier loads. The patent is still pending, so they might be holding off on outsourcing the engine as of now

 

[HellblazerHawkman]

Hmmm, very fun idea. I wonder how it propels itself. I would guess you could probably propel yourself like an actual skateboard. It looked like they had a controller at some point.

When he was on the half-pipe it was cool he wasn't experiencing much friction, maybe just air resistance, which isn't much... would magnetic field cause any friction?

I'm an English Lit\Law major, so I could be wrong, but I think the only friction would be directly from the board and the air.

 

[NoobHunter420]

The article mentioned that this tech could be incorporated into heavier loads. The patent is still pending, so they might be holding off on outsourcing the engine as of now

I can only imagine how expensive they would be
electric cars are hella expensive because of the power source, I suppose the same is true for this

 

[TopTierHarley]

I can only imagine how expensive they would be
electric cars are hella expensive because of the power source, I suppose the same is true for this

It would make lifting/transporting heavy patients a much easier task

 

[themagiccan2]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/21/7025197/i-rode-a-real-hoverboard

video of some journalist trying it. gives you a better idea how it works

 

[roosTakk]

Meh

 

[NoobHunter420]

It would make lifting/transporting heavy patients a much easier task

mind blown....................

 

[TopTierHarley]

mind blown....................

I was just making idle chit chat
Whatever Cat murderer I dont need you lol

 

[NoobHunter420]

I was just making idle chit chat
Whatever Cat murderer I dont need you lol

that wasn't sarcasm of any kind, that is mind blowing.

 

[TopTierHarley]

that wasn't sarcasm of any kind, that is mind blowing.

dammit now I feel bad