"Back To the Future Hoverboard Is Real!" Topic
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Parzival | 23 Oct 2014 9:04 a.m. PST |
Watch the embedded video. link Setting aside the hoverboard aspect (as cool as that is), this has interesting implications for all sorts of uses, especially if the surface the system operates on can simply be bare, nonferrous metal with no power requirements. As for gaming, well--- actual "flying" hovertanks on a metal tabletop, anyone? |
zircher | 23 Oct 2014 5:00 p.m. PST |
My first thought is bumper cars. External power, contained driving surface, relative safely, and a hoot for bouncing and sliding around. The next one is add go-cart engines and a shallow angle course that is all down hill until the end. Something practical? Lift skids for pallets in a warehouse. Hmmm, that might make them practical for starship cargo holds. |
JSchutt | 23 Oct 2014 5:22 p.m. PST |
I don't think I could manage navigating with joystick while standing on an oversized air hockey puck at the same time. They definitely need a PR department though as I think they will have a credibility problem with the younger generation. I just hope they didn't sink their life savings into that project. |
jgibbons | 23 Oct 2014 6:11 p.m. PST |
The hovering is neat – but the driving capability really impresses me…. |
DS6151 | 24 Oct 2014 10:16 p.m. PST |
They glued magnets to it. Who didn't do this as as kid? Once I figured out magnets repel, I was floating anything I could get glue on. |
Parzival | 26 Oct 2014 9:04 p.m. PST |
But they don't have a magnet underneath to repel against. The have a non-ferrous metal surface; the power system and magnets appear to be on the board. So it's not quite as simple as the old elementary school science project. |
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