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Lexus Creates the Hoverboard

posted by cmn32480 on Friday June 26 2015, @02:48PM   Printer-friendly
from the hey-mcfly dept.

sparky writes:

CNET is reporting that Lexus has created a working Hoverboard.

The Japanese car maker released a short promotional video of what it's calling a "real, rideable hoverboard" to its YouTube channel on Tuesday, ever so briefly showing off the prototype to the world.

The clip begins with several seconds of a skateboarder riding along who then stops and slowly walks over to a Lexus-branded hoverboard that would make Marty McFly jealous. Of course, the clip ends right as the rider's about to step onto the hoverboard, so we don't actually see the craft in action, but it's a promising first step from an unexpected source.

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We'll learn more about the company's plans for the prototype on October 21, the day Marty McFly, Jennifer Parker and Doc Brown went back to the future in the second installment of the film. Maybe Lexus will have some drone dog-walkers to show off as well.

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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday June 26 2015, @04:01PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Friday June 26 2015, @04:01PM (#201563)

    Which makes me wonder, if the coolant is escaping, how long do you get before you need to "refuel"?

    And how easy is it to get your hands on liquid nitrogen.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Alfred on Friday June 26 2015, @04:11PM

    by Alfred (4006) on Friday June 26 2015, @04:11PM (#201567) Journal
    Well by 1985 you could get plutonium at any corner store so liquid N2 is easy.

  • (Score: 2) by snick on Friday June 26 2015, @04:13PM

    by snick (1408) on Friday June 26 2015, @04:13PM (#201568)

    And how easy is it to get your hands on liquid nitrogen.

    Just go to your local mall. You will find a teenager using it to make overpriced ice cream.

    • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday June 26 2015, @04:28PM

      by tangomargarine (667) on Friday June 26 2015, @04:28PM (#201573)

      And then what? Steal his Dippin' Dots freezer?

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