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Re: HUVr Board

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Post by mistercow »

zacinbusiness wrote: post #25

What would be required to make a real hover board? I assume that first off it would need to be a bit larger. And some kind of control mechanism, maybe near the toe area? But as for the actual tech, is it even remotely possible?

To do it with magnets, I'm guessing you'd need a magnetic field so powerful it would destroy electronics as you passed by them (you'd have to repel off of the EM field of the Earth). To do it with air, your "board" would be more of a "tank". Maybe there are other mechanisms you could exploit, like a static field (although I wouldn't want to stand anywhere near it), but none of them seem practical.

Re: HUVr Board

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Post by mistercow »

Something about this just seems mean spirited to me. I guess it is authentic in terms of the kind of ridiculously emotional hype that start ups tend to do these days, but somehow that tone doesn't mix well with the dry viral con.

It's sort of a clash of marketing techniques. The inspirational "we finally live in the future" thing works because it gets people really psyched to have a product. The viral marketing scam thing works because people are good-natured about being tricked if the trick is executed well (the same reason people can enjoy magicians).

But I don't think you can mix those. People are going to be less good-natured about being promised hoverboards again and then finding out that there will be no hoverboards again.

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Post by mrfusion »

zacinbusiness wrote: post #25

What would be required to make a real hover board? I assume that first off it would need to be a bit larger. And some kind of control mechanism, maybe near the toe area? But as for the actual tech, is it even remotely possible?

I guess if we had room temp superconductors and you could install them under all of the roads and sidewalks, and the hover board had really strong magnets onboard, that might hover.

Or if it's a self contained theme park "ride" you could possibly use existing super conductors and actively cool them. (I'm imaging a super cold skate rinc concept)

Can anyone correct my physics understanding?

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Post by chaostheory »

mistercow wrote: post #28
chaostheory wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't really think they were all needed but apparently even celebrity endorsements from Tony Hawk isn't enough to convince people that this is a real product. Whether or not it comes out without any issues is another story. I remember reading a story that Mattel actually had a prototype over a decade ago, but they declined to release it. I forgot why. Strange. It looks almost exactly like the Mattel hoverboard htt…

If Mattel had a prototype of this over a decade ago, why would we not at least see the principles behind it in other technology?

I was trolled twice. Once by the special effects guy and director from Back to the Future II in the late 80s and today =) For details look up hoverboard on Snopes.

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Post by mistercow »

chaostheory wrote: post #35
mistercow wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Mattel had a prototype of this over a decade ago, why would we not at least see the principles behind it in other technology?

I was trolled twice. Once by the special effects guy and director from Back to the Future II in the late 80s and today =) For details look up hoverboard on Snopes.

Yeah, I remember that. It seems like the best evidence that this is for a new BttF movie.

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Post by mistercow »

sdfjkl wrote: post #14

I think this might be a viral advert for the next Back To The Future movie. A film studio would have access to special effects, the car, the actors and celebrities and the financial backing for such an elaborate fake.

That and it mimics a similar prank that Zemeckis back when BttF 2 came out.

Re: HUVr Board

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Post by xauronx »

zacinbusiness wrote: post #25

What would be required to make a real hover board? I assume that first off it would need to be a bit larger. And some kind of control mechanism, maybe near the toe area? But as for the actual tech, is it even remotely possible?

I'm sure you've seen this, but I was REALLY hoping the video was some kind of large scale riff on this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA

Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HHJv8lPERQ

And more awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Zqmd...

It's already 3 years old, so I'm waiting for people to use this technology or an extension of it for something cool.

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