You will recall that memorable scene in Back to the Future 2, when the hero, Marty McFly, pursued by the wicked, prancing through the city on a flying skateboard.
It ‘ is a scene that is fantasizing Geeks since the 80s Especially since we know that it is technically almost impossible. Except … the Japanese car brand Lexus, a subsidiary of Toyota, known for its luxury cars for unusual innovations, claims to have developed a “hoverboard” a flying surf board.
This operate with magnets and superconductors cooled by liquid nitrogen. A similar system to the train by lifting that needs to be created in Japan in 2027. For now, the info is still conditional because you can only see a small video showing a kind of steaming board but no action prototype. Above all, there has already been a lot of “fakes” fake videos skatebords flying on the Web. So let’s say it clearly, we would not be surprised that this is a joke of communicating. But then, so we want to believe …
That said, a US start-up has developed a wheel skate which itself actually works. This is the company Arx Pax, California. The device holds in maglev 2.5 cm from the ground and used as a skateboard. Problem: the engine (powering the electromagnets) is very noisy and you have a copper or aluminum track to make it work
Today is skateboarding.. Tomorrow may be the flying car. Another dream from science fiction films that one day perhaps, will come true
Meanwhile, another amazing invention of the movie Back to the Future -. Which is decidedly an inexhaustible source of inspiration for designers of high-tech products – there are also shoes Marty McFly. Remember, sneakers able to lace up automatically when you put them on. The Nike brand has promised to sell shoes like this before the end of 2015. For now, they never did …
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