Blarghagh Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142464853/hendo-hoverboards-worlds-first-real-hoverboard Is this a scam like the recent videos? Are they messing with me? I can't dare to hope again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namutree Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142464853/hendo-hoverboards-worlds-first-real-hoverboard Is this a scam like the recent videos? Are they messing with me? I can't dare to hope again. There's still time to make "Back to the Future" come true! "Good thing I don't heal my characters or they'd be really hurt." Is not something I should ever be thinking. I use blue text when I'm being sarcastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orogun01 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I don't even skateboard and I'm excited. Up next flying cars, take that Michellini you morbidly obese ghost. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Engineers create real Back to the Future hoverboard and it really works. A little more info. It requires a special floor. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) I'm going to go ahead and assume this is a hoax, that way if it turns out to be true I can be pleasantly surprised, rather than get my hopes up and be crushed if it turns out to be fake. Edited October 21, 2014 by Keyrock RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 So far everything that I've read says it's real but very, very limited. Like Gfted1 posted it needs a smooth metal surface since it's powered by magic magnetic mumbojumbo more links http://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2014/10/21/hendo-hoverboard/ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/technology/hoverboard-still-in-the-future.html?_r=1 http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/21/we-rode-a-hoverboard/ http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/21/7025197/i-rode-a-real-hoverboard Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Well, if it requires a special floor (some magnetic stuff?) then it's not so cool anymore. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 It might be all right for amusement parks and/or specially built rinks. But then it becomes a chicken-and-the-egg marketing problem, with normal skate boards holding a massive advantage. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orogun01 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 It might be all right for amusement parks and/or specially built rinks. But then it becomes a chicken-and-the-egg marketing problem, with normal skate boards holding a massive advantage. Really? Because I was thinking more along the lines of bullet train, which IIRC works on the same concept. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 The Physics of the Hendo Hoverboard. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 It might be all right for amusement parks and/or specially built rinks. But then it becomes a chicken-and-the-egg marketing problem, with normal skate boards holding a massive advantage. Really? Because I was thinking more along the lines of bullet train, which IIRC works on the same concept. Huh? Well hopefully the bullet train is more economical than its alternative: aircraft. Otherwise it's wasting spending billions of yen on construction and support costs. But if so, then there is a valid reason for the bullet train to exist. Not so the hover toy. It will require construction overhead just to make the toy usable, and the potential users already have skate boards with free parks nearby. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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