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Blip: Someone's finally made a working hoverboard, and no, it's not cheap

Monday, October 27, 2014

Someone's finally made a working hoverboard, and no, it's not cheap That blue light just PROVES it's from the future

Ah, the hoverboard. The most elusive of coveted future technologies. We've seen a number of products claiming to do the job, but so far none have come through. The Hendo Hoverboard, however, might just be the first.

Launched on Kickstarter, this so far looks like the real deal. The board uses electromagnetic technology to gracefully glide about an inch above the ground, though it can only work over conductive materials and runs for just seven minutes.

But limitations aside, it's still a working hoverboard, and its creators are hoping to turn it into something you'll actually be able to buy. All they need is $250,000 to make it happen, and if you actually want a hoverboard to call your own, you'll need to put up a cool $10,000.

But let us repeat: it's a working hoverboard.

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Tomorrow Daily 072: Real-world Mario Karts, a working hoverboard, and more

Friday, October 24, 2014

On today's show, we discuss go karts that remind us a little too much of Mario Kart, an art installation that creates textile patterns out of sound, and the company making working hoverboards. Yes, we said working hoverboards.

We honestly believed we'd be the most excited about Razor's Crazy Cart XL today, but then, a real, working hoverboard swooped in and hogged a bunch of the geeky glory. Aside from the fact that we're probably going to need a Kickstarter of our own to raise the $10,000 USD we'll need to back Hendo and get an actual hoverboard, it's pretty exciting stuff. Anybody have an extra ten grand laying around?

We didn't think so. To be honest, we'd probably want that hoverboard all to ourselves if we bought one, too. No hard feelings.

 

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