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Ever wish you could have a hoverboard like in Back to the Future II? Now you can... kind of.
The story I ran across this morning was short on technical details, but the hoverboard will only work above a conductive surface and its battery only lasts seven minutes, apparently using magnetism.
"Our engineering team has been amazing, rapidly iterating on design after design. In fact, this our 18th prototype, and we continue to make advances week after week," says the company’s Kickstarter campaign.
"The magic behind the hoverboard lies in its four disc-shaped hover engines. These create a special magnetic field which literally pushes against itself, generating the lift which levitates our board off the ground."
A pledge of $10,000 will get you one of the first production boards. Expected delivery is October 2015.
(Score: 2) by keplr on Wednesday October 22 2014, @07:08AM
It's like saying bumper cars are a universal electric vehicle, or that the early Eva units are fully autonomous. There's no free lunch when it comes to energy, unless you suck that energy from another universe.
I don't respond to ACs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 22 2014, @07:45AM
As soon as the inhabitants of that other universe react to you sucking out their energy, you'll learn that even that is not a free lunch.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by mcgrew on Wednesday October 22 2014, @04:39PM
I see you've read Asimov's The Gods Themselves [wikipedia.org].
Carbon, The only element in the known universe to ever gain sentience
(Score: 2) by crutchy on Wednesday October 22 2014, @09:13PM
There's no free lunch when it comes to energy
no doubt if you lived in medieval times you would have been crying out that the world was flat. the problem with science is that it makes claims that are supported by mere theories with flimsy proofs by fallible humans. eventually energy may be redefined or the laws of thermodynamics modified to suit new understanding, and people like you will spout that different things are impossible.
those who say something can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
(Score: 2) by crutchy on Wednesday October 22 2014, @09:18PM
sorry keplr. didn't even look at the parent poster name. nothing personal dude. usually i post ac for troll/flamebait comments, but forgot this time. guess i'll prolly have to go find some submissions if i want 50 karma back :-p
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday October 22 2014, @10:09PM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves