Yes. Back to the Future: Sclog reports that a Hoverboard, ridden by Canadian inventor of Romanian descent Catalin Alexandru Duru, has broken the Guinness World Records record and delivers realistic performance targets!
Seriously, it looks like this is the equivalent of the Wright Brothers flight!
From the Guinness article:
Catalin reaches a height of 5 metres on his prototype hoverboard covering a distance of over twice that of two full sized football pitches before gently landing in the exquisite waters of Lake Ouareau in Quebec, Canada. He claims that the machine, which he built and designed over the course of 12 months, can be used anywhere and can reach 'scary heights' which he would like to potentially explore in the near future.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Monday May 25 2015, @11:45PM
And notice that when the batteries fail, they do so abruptly, at which point, batteries, motors, and passenger go splash.
The ability to attain any significant height would be dangerous over anything but water.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday May 26 2015, @01:44AM
For some limited values of "significant". For all the others, you are invited to re-watch a certain episode [youtube.com] of MythBusters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by bart9h on Tuesday May 26 2015, @02:01AM
Aren't you supposed to go near the ground while hovering?
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Tuesday May 26 2015, @02:16AM
Yeah, but I am impressed that he could get that much power out of such a small package. As for the noise, I've seen from about a 1/4 mile LCACs from the LHD USS Essex landing on the beach near Kawaihae, Hi. in a large naval exercise 3 years ago. Now that was noise.
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