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

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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2015, @05:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2015, @05:58PM (#201620)

    Wikipedia

    On 24 June 2015 Lexus released a video as part of their Amazing in Motion series purporting to show a real hoverboard they had developed. It was stated by Lexus that the board worked using liquid nitrogen cooled superconductors and permanent magnets. Although shown over a conventional looking concrete skateboard park surface, which led to some scepticism, Lexus apparently later admitted that it only works on special metallic surfaces and the surface shown was not just concrete. [13]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverboard#cite_note-13 [wikipedia.org]

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by LoRdTAW on Friday June 26 2015, @06:05PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Friday June 26 2015, @06:05PM (#201631) Journal

    I should have been more specific. I realize they built a functional hoverboard. But my issues are they weren't the first and they didn't invent it.