already possible (just really really expensive)
at our university the researchers made a cristal that has super conducting properties at temperatures just below room temperature (about 19 degrees Celsius)
problem is that it heats up when used
People, Marty’s using a Mattel Hoverboard… Currently Mattel’s QC leaves a lot to be desired… (Lead paint, problems with magnets, toys that break just by taking them out of their package, etc.) Do you think it would be safe to let them MAKE Hoverboards?
possible and not prohibitively expensive if you build, say,a hover-skate-park. parent groups have kept them off the market for the reason of child safety for years. you need metal plating in the ground, an it works perfectly.
Also, I believe we had something similar already developed by the time the movie was made. Or at least that’s what I heard. Not that my sources are necessarily reliable.
you’re probably thinking of an interview with robert zemeckis around the time the movie came out in which he states that we had the tech, but the products were recalled/not released as it was deemed they weren’t safe enough. in later interviews he admitted he was kidding and was surprised anyone took him seriously
Who’s to say a time machine hasn’t existed for years and whoever invented it isn’t sharing with the public? Much like the scientist (singular) in the movie.
The problem with all current and past hoverboards is that they all require specialized surfaces to work. As long as I can’t zip around town square with it, it’s not a hoverboard.
Although Mr. Fusion is still the first thing I’d like to see on the shelves.
Challenge considered.
Challenge Accepted
Failed.
Can’t do it outside on the sidewalk.
fkcunig hoverboards, how do they work?
Aliens.
Duh… Wizards
put track in movie sidewalk. put michael j fox on skateboard. money well spent.
Meh… It’s a start… I guess
already possible (just really really expensive)
at our university the researchers made a cristal that has super conducting properties at temperatures just below room temperature (about 19 degrees Celsius)
problem is that it heats up when used
Did your university not care about spelling?
what do you mean by “used” ? (serous question )
it means when it is in a room temperature environment.
That requires an exterior magnetic field. If you don’t have that, all you have are some supercooled disks containing gold and… sapphire is it?
Let us know when it can be used outside every day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sNX1hTEI_W8 challenge begun.
that right there? full of win.
Mind = BLOWN X_x
HOW COOL IS THAT?!? really, that´s amazing!
Tell to Mattel.
People, Marty’s using a Mattel Hoverboard… Currently Mattel’s QC leaves a lot to be desired… (Lead paint, problems with magnets, toys that break just by taking them out of their package, etc.) Do you think it would be safe to let them MAKE Hoverboards?
I see no problem in letting them try making up at past failures
Maybe.. maybe… they are just way too focused on the Hoverboard and they’re not paying attention to their other toys!!!!!
(ok, ok… dreaming doesn’t hurt)
It’s true. All their resources are diverted at the moment. YEAHHHH.
I hope you’re right…
what the hell are you moderators doing…
What did i just read?
really bad spam.
But…why? Other than the obvious… This guy’s got more problems than people think I do.
It was funny/weird the first 10 times, now it’s just sad
possible and not prohibitively expensive if you build, say,a hover-skate-park. parent groups have kept them off the market for the reason of child safety for years. you need metal plating in the ground, an it works perfectly.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/197371/hoverboard_project_takes_flightand_actually_hovers.html
May of 2010.
Also, I believe we had something similar already developed by the time the movie was made. Or at least that’s what I heard. Not that my sources are necessarily reliable.
you’re probably thinking of an interview with robert zemeckis around the time the movie came out in which he states that we had the tech, but the products were recalled/not released as it was deemed they weren’t safe enough. in later interviews he admitted he was kidding and was surprised anyone took him seriously
I have a friend who heard that interview and totally fell for it. I figured it was just a joke right away. Some people are just gullible.
All sources are reliable on the World Wide Internets.
Not the best picture.
Hey McFly, you bojo, those boards don’t work on water. Unless you’ve got power!
nobody, and I mean nobody calls me bojo
Scientists: You should have had a time machine in 1985
Who’s to say a time machine hasn’t existed for years and whoever invented it isn’t sharing with the public? Much like the scientist (singular) in the movie.
If you did have one that worked the last thing you would want to do is go public with it, you would be dead in a week or less.
The problem with all current and past hoverboards is that they all require specialized surfaces to work. As long as I can’t zip around town square with it, it’s not a hoverboard.
Although Mr. Fusion is still the first thing I’d like to see on the shelves.
That would be amazing. Also: Self-drying clothes.
They also need to abolish all lawyers. But keep in mind that this happened in a universe where payphones were still the norm.
http://www.11points.com/images/backtothefuture2wrong/payphone.jpg
Meissner Effect biatch!
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-10/video-quantum-levitating-hoverboard-lets-students-glide-air-or-magnets
i was just talking to my friends about this the other day.
wait though, don’t make the one in the photo, it won’t work on water!
OMG HE’S BACK??!! 2012 IS UPON US
Chicago Cubs: You also have three years.
STILL waiting on my flying car!
Actually, you have 3 years, 10 months, and 9 days.
SCIENCE
has already had nearly 20 years they filed us
still waiting for a working lightsaber and flying car.
I know right? Darn scientists! I should have been reduced to a thin layer of radioactive dust by Skynet more than a decade ago! Slackers!
To cure M.S.
They’re bringing back the Delorean…The Marlins changed their name to Miami…I expect my hoverboard and dehydrated pizza any day now.
Well, it’s science FICTION not SCIENCE …
U C what I did there ???
OWNED !!