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 Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:43 pm
I know what your thinking but I'm talking about those sleek, thin, light-weight hover-boards from "Back to the Future: Part II" If you have the dvd then go to the special features and watch the making of the movie and you'll see them being used.
The director had this to say:
"Hover-boards have been around for years but parenting groups have prevented toy-makers from mass producing them...Luckily we got our hands on some".
Thoughts?
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:52 pm
If the tech was around don't you think that some one some where in China, Europe, North Korea, Africa, even Santa's work shop would build them or retrofit it to a more utilitarian purpose?
And did they include the behind the scenes extras like the making of 'Back to the Future'?
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:06 pm
I've heard this rumor before and the answer is, not likely.
It's possible to make something hover using air inside a balloon like structure like you see on those land to sea hover crafts, but not like in the movie.
Magnets is also possible but you'll need a very strong magnet to push against the earth's gravitational pull, that's small enough to fit in a skateboard. Something not available with our current technology.
Maybe if the streets where magnetized and the bottom of vehicles also had magnets to help power and steer them. Like how they do with bullet trains.
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:51 am
Quote: Hoverboard Concept The Hoverboard concept was first introduced in the movie "Back to the Future 2". In the movie, the hoverboards were the size of skateboards and were completely noiseless with no moving parts. They could support the weight of a human rider and hover him several inches above the ground on a mysterious cushion of invisible magnetic energy. They could even hover over water. During a televised interview with the movies director, Robert Zemeckis, he explained that "hoverboards float on magnetic energy". He also added, "they've been around for years, it's just that parent groups havn't let toy manufacturers make them. But we got our hands on some and put them in the movie". He was only joking of course but interesting enough, Mattel(whose logo appeared on the hoverboard props) soon found themselves overwhelmed with callers asking where they could buy one. Although they looked pretty convincing in the movie, the hoverboards were simply wooden props attached to the actors feet. To make the boards fly, the actors were suspended by cables. thank you!
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 7:27 pm
Oh...okay....I mean I didn't know if they were really real or not I was just sayin' that that was what the director said.
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Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:25 am
chemos32o8 I've heard this rumor before and the answer is, not likely. It's possible to make something hover using air inside a balloon like structure like you see on those land to sea hover crafts, but not like in the movie. Magnets is also possible but you'll need a very strong magnet to push against the earth's gravitational pull, that's small enough to fit in a skateboard. Something not available with our current technology. Maybe if the streets where magnetized and the bottom of vehicles also had magnets to help power and steer them. Like how they do with bullet trains. 
Actually, there are magnets more powerful than you might think. You need a license to handle them, but a super magnet that is a little thicker than a hockey puck can exert 50+ lbs. of force. Attach 3-4 to a board, and you're set... that is once the street is magnetized.
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:01 pm
Hey, did people used to think the Earth was flat?
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