Leading edge BS!

[russ]

A company is using kick start to collect funds for a hoover board project.

The story is in International Business times dated today http://www.ibtimes.com/hoverboard-re...-video-1559341

Funny part is that a different writer did an expose on the same company back in March

http://www.ibtimes.com/hoverboard-real-huvr-tech-claims-live-demonstration-back-future-flying-skateboard-video-1559341

Kickstart is a wonderful thing for hucksters!

Edit - I suppose that should be hover

[Sunking]

Yeah we have had a couple here already. Remember the Lithium CC?

[inetdog]

A company is using kick start to collect funds for a hoover board project.

The story is in International Business times dated today http://www.ibtimes.com/hoverboard-re...-video-1559341

Funny part is that a different writer did an expose on the same company back in March

http://www.ibtimes.com/hoverboard-real-huvr-tech-claims-live-demonstration-back-future-flying-skateboard-video-1559341

Kickstart is a wonderful thing for hucksters!

Edit - I suppose that should be hover

The earlier project that you link to is clearly a hoax.
The current Kickstarter project at least makes an attempt at plausible technology and is more or less upfront over the board needing a special surface (electrically conductive or ferrous?) to hover over. It looks like it is basic mag-lev technology miniaturized to fit a board with a backpack power source.
I suspect that it also needs to have fast response position sensing feedback circuitry to provide stability, or else depend entirely on the operator for that element.
Current mag-lev transportation uses a rail for a reason.

PS: You could use a Hoover as the air source for a hover car. I seem to recall one vacuum cleaner that tried to use the exhaust to hover the unit instead of dragging it around the house on wheels. I do not think it caught on though.

[ZoNiE]

The earlier project that you link to is clearly a hoax.
The current Kickstarter project at least makes an attempt at plausible technology and is more or less upfront over the board needing a special surface (electrically conductive or ferrous?) to hover over. It looks like it is basic mag-lev technology miniaturized to fit a board with a backpack power source.
I suspect that it also needs to have fast response position sensing feedback circuitry to provide stability, or else depend entirely on the operator for that element.
Current mag-lev transportation uses a rail for a reason.

PS: You could use a Hoover as the air source for a hover car. I seem to recall one vacuum cleaner that tried to use the exhaust to hover the unit instead of dragging it around the house on wheels. I do not think it caught on though.

I had one of those vacuum cleaners. It was a hoover. It was shaped like a saucer. It hovered just fine on hard surface, but on carpet it did not, but the flat bottom made it easy to slide on carpet anyway. The exhaust just shot out a hole on the bottom, and you could put the hose on that and use it as a blower. Best canister vac I ever had. It got wet some how, and rusted. Bummer.

hover vac.jpg