ホバーボード。
1万ドル、6分間乗ることができるというのが現状のようだ。
BBCより。
Testing out a hoverboard
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30531120
Until now hoverboards have largely been the stuff of science fiction, popularised by movies like Back to the Future 2, in which Marty McFly rode a flying skateboard to get around.
But now a Silicon Valley startup has just won crowdfunding for a real-world hoverboard – the first able to carry a load and not constrained to rails.
It uses magnetic levitation – creating a magnetic field underneath the board which is repelled by a non-ferrous surface like copper or aluminium underneath – allowing the board to levitate.
The founders of the Hendo hoverboard say while they wanted to create a buzz around their prototype the real goal is far more ambitious still: to isolate objects and even entire buildings from earthquakes and other ground shocks.・・・
