Thursday, September 24, 2015

Lexus Hover Board Tech Article September 22, 2015

-The new Lexus Hover Board is like a skateboard that floats a couple of inches above the ground

-To ride this the "Slide" contains series of magnets and superconductors cooled by liquid nitrogen

- The levitation effect of super cooled superconductors has been known for ages now, but deploying it on such a scale requires some serious effort

- The company has built a custom skate park in Barcelona, Spain, upon which its prototype hover board can be used

- In fact, this board works only at that custom-crafted park built at an undisclosed but surely huge expense.

- Still, it seems to have some limitations, with pro skateboarder Ross McGouran struggling to keep the thing from dragging on the ground at times. 

- That's despite liquid nitrogen refills every 10 minutes or so

- This Hover Board is still not for sale yet



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