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Before flying cars, and time travel, first must come the hoverboard.
The scientists at Lexus are busy perfecting the Slide, what the company describes as a real-life, functional hoverboard of the type only Marty McFly would glide with in 1989's "Back to the Future Part II." Some other hoverboard models have arisen in the last year, such as the Hendo, and a homemade propeller version, yet look nothing like Marty's stylish craft that the Slide resembles, and with totally different technology.
Not the next few years but the next few centuries...
Hmmmm...
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And this is where Lexus is giving us a little movie magic. If the superconductors are in the hoverboard, then we need an outside magnetic field for the hoverboard to coast on. This is where Lexus' "permanent magnets" come in. Gourlay suspects that Lexus laid down a bunch of very strong rare-earth magnets underneath the "sidewalk," setting up a magnetic field powerful enough to support both board and, Lexus promises, a rider. In fact, Gizmodo reports that the hoverboard only works on "special metallic surfaces."
Well it was by Lexus so I have a feeling a flying skateboard is not their main objective here.
Maybe the objective is similar to a Segway that they can sell to the post office. People can slide around with it while wearing Google-glass.
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