The World's First Hoverboard

Post by jinushaun » Wed, Nov 26, 2014, 3:06 PM UTC

jessaustin wrote: post #5

AdamGibbins wrote: post #3

I can't find any mention on the site to the surfaces it supports - turns out its powered by magnets, so only works on magnetic surfaces.

That does seem kind of limiting, but realistically what else can we expect in the next ten years or so? At our current level of physics understanding, a board must either interact with fields that most of the boarding environment doesn't naturally generate, or it must move a lot of mass downward very quickly. The former will always be lame (like TFA) while the latter must see radical miniaturization before it will be…