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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLexus will officially unveil its hoverboard on August 5th
Back to the Future, anyone?On August 5th, Lexus will finally reveal its hoverboard, which has been in development for the past 18+ months, to the public. Let that sink in for a bit: Lexus has created a working hoverboard in 2015, the year Marty and Doc Brown jumped to in Back to the Future...! Unfortunately, we don't know if you'd be able to buy one before October 21st -- or at all, really -- but even if it does become available for purchase in the next few months, you can't ride it to a B2F anniversary screening. See, it can only levitate over metallic surfaces, so it's pretty much useless in most places. That's about the extent of what we know about the device, though Lexus is bound to divulge more info during the event.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/29/lexus-hoverboard-unveil/
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Lexus will officially unveil its hoverboard on August 5th (Original Post)
Stellar
Jul 2015
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. Meissner effect
Stellar
(5,644 posts)2. Over my head, LOL....
reminds me of the "Flux capacitor", from back the future.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)3. You just know some billionaire will build a metal skaters park for their brats
Just for this purpose.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)4. What's the point?
Can you hover above the top of a Lexus moving at 60 mph? Or will it drive out from under you? What happens when it stops?