Much like a magic carpet, but something like a magic surf board.
Not a figment of imagination. Toyota has done it with MAGLEV and it is even branded. You guessed right. It's LEXUS!
Well, MAGLEV is magnetic levitation. There will be trains running a la Maglev. The Japanese and Chinese (Shanghai Maglev Train) are Still looking into but several German projects seems to have been scrapped.
For a car (or something that is not track-based), Toyota is first. Friction is what makes it difficult to go at high speed. The hovering car (just a board now) of Toyota has no friction with the ground but there will be other friction components.
How soon one can see it? Well in Japan it has already test run. Now, come October if you happen to be in Barcelona, Spain you can see one demoed.
Here is a picture of the hover board as it is presently called:
More here:
http://www.autonews.com/article/20150624/OEM06/150629958/lexus-builds-functional-hoverboard-prototype
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/energy/2015/06/150625-hoverbikes-boards-get-Army-Toyota-attention/?sf10308601=1
Here is a video of a hoverboard which you may like better from this site:
http://www.lexus-int.com/amazinginmotion/slide/
Not a figment of imagination. Toyota has done it with MAGLEV and it is even branded. You guessed right. It's LEXUS!
Well, MAGLEV is magnetic levitation. There will be trains running a la Maglev. The Japanese and Chinese (Shanghai Maglev Train) are Still looking into but several German projects seems to have been scrapped.
For a car (or something that is not track-based), Toyota is first. Friction is what makes it difficult to go at high speed. The hovering car (just a board now) of Toyota has no friction with the ground but there will be other friction components.
How soon one can see it? Well in Japan it has already test run. Now, come October if you happen to be in Barcelona, Spain you can see one demoed.
Here is a picture of the hover board as it is presently called:
More here:
http://www.autonews.com/article/20150624/OEM06/150629958/lexus-builds-functional-hoverboard-prototype
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/energy/2015/06/150625-hoverbikes-boards-get-Army-Toyota-attention/?sf10308601=1
Here is a video of a hoverboard which you may like better from this site:
http://www.lexus-int.com/amazinginmotion/slide/
Well, how soon you can buy one?
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