Hey McFly !...

[Karamazov]

...those boards don't work on water, nor roads, gravel, or any surface but conductive ones.
And those have only 7min autonomy, and a terrifyingly loud sound, but hey, it's working !


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plwX5NtF530

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3lg6BTDJeA

 

[AlNom]

Maybe Cybertron is made of aluminum/copper alloys too.

 

[Mariner]

A technology frantically looking for a use if ever I saw one.

 

[Silent_Buddha]

Would be extremely popular in amusement parks. Hoverboard skate park.

Regards,
SB

 

[Mariner]

I'm sure that personal injury lawyers the world over are rubbing their hands in anticipation...

 

[Deleted member 13524]

Are these anything more than electromagnets?

 

[Karamazov]

Here comes a new challenger !
Looks cool (if it's real)

 

[orangpelupa]

probably its the same tech shown maaaaany years ago? the one with a block of metal or something that frozen solid in 3d space. It then can float around in specified axis.

edit:

@Karamazov this thing

 

[Karamazov]

Yes the tech is not.new, but having an autopowered board able to hold the weight of an adult is new.

 

[orangpelupa]

they target to be able to lift a car

 

[eastmen]

so this is how I will die. I've wanted to use a hover board since the movie came out when I was a kid. Now I'm an old fart with no balance and I haven't ridden a skate board in 15 years. When one of these hit production I will buy it and I will fall and break my neck.

 

[orangpelupa]

but you are okay because you did it in full-immersive virtual reality

 

[eastmen]

but you are okay because you did it in full-immersive virtual reality

Na bro , in my home town there is a gigantic hill that leads right into a major highway. We used to roller blade and skateboard down the hill and make the last possible turn into a resturant's parking lot . Many scrapes and even some broken bones were had doing that.

So that is the first thing I would do on a hover board .

 

[orangpelupa]

@eastmen go overboard with the hoverboard

 

[Karamazov]

unfortunately this one also needs a conductive surface to work, no free riding in the streets for now.

 

[orangpelupa]

put the special surface for future road works

 

[Karamazov]

still far from perfect but that's a great start !

 

[Simon F]

I take it the water is very shallow as I assume there are magnets and superconductors involved?

Perhaps just as amazing... the motorbike that can surf: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33767813 (hopefully the video will play in your locale)

 

[AlNom]

Yeah, there's a video floating about where they fill the thing up with quite a bit of LNO2. They laid down a track of sorts as well I think?

Skip to 4min

or

click

 

[Karamazov]

after seeing the theverge video i was really underwhelmed, i knew the skate park was made with magnets underneath in but i though the whole park was usable, instead you can only ride on rails in certain parts, going forward or backward.