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{{Infobox fictional artifact
| name = Hoverboard
| image = Hoverboard.jpg
| caption = Fictional hoverboard used by the character [[Marty McFly]] in both ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'' and ''[[Back to the Future Part III]]''.
| alt =
| source = [[Back to the Future (series)|Back to the Future]]
| source_type = films
| company = [[Amblin Entertainment]]
| first = [[Back to the Future Part II]]
| first_ep =
| first_type =
| date = 2015 in fictional timeline
| creator = [[Robert Zemeckis]]
| episode_creator =
| type = Personal transport
| owner =
| uses = Personal transportation similar to a skateboard, but using a magnetic means of levitation instead of wheels.
}}
A '''hoverboard''' (or '''hover board''') is a fictional [[levitating]] board used for personal transportation, popularized by the ''[[Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future]]'' film franchise.<ref name=Shea>http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/when-did-we-start-talking-about-hoverboards</ref> Hoverboards are generally depicted as resembling a [[skateboard]] without wheels. During the 1990s there were rumors, fueled by director [[Robert Zemeckis]],<ref name="hoverboards"/> that hoverboards were in fact real, but not marketed because they were deemed too dangerous by parents' groups. These rumors have been conclusively debunked.<ref name="hoverboards">{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/hoverboard.asp|title=Back to the Future Hoverboard : snopes.com|author=snopes|date=4 November 2015|work=Snopes}}</ref> The hoverboard concept has been used by many authors in various forms of media.<ref name=Shea/>
The [[Guinness World Records]] recognizes the term hoverboard to include autonomously powered personal levitators. In May 2015, the Romania-born Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru set a Guinness World Record by travelling a distance of {{convert|275.9|m|yd|0|abbr=on}} at heights up to {{convert|5|m|ft|abbr=on}} over a lake, on an autonomously powered hoverboard of his own design.<ref>{{cite av media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUq3mBuENiw|title=Canadian Develops Futuristic Hoverboard|date=13 October 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfa9HrieUyQ
</ref>
Another method of achieving levitation is [[superconductivity]], used by the [[Slide (hoverboard)|Slide]] hoverboard.
==Real world==
Several companies have drawn on [[hovercraft]] technology to attempt and create hoverboard-like products but none has demonstrated similar experiences to those depicted in films.
In the 1950s Hiller aircraft produced the "Flying Platform" which was similar to the modern concept of a hover board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exhibits: Hiller Flying Platform | url=http://www.hiller.org/flying-platform.shtml}}</ref>
Airboard was unveiled in the 2000 Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hover Board: How Close Are We? | url=http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/13899/the-hover-board-how-close-are-we}}</ref> which was manufactured and sold by Arbortech Industries Limited.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arbortech Industries Limited Airboard page |url=http://www.airboardeurope.com/ |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010720150241/http://www.airboardeurope.com/ |archivedate=July 20, 2001 }}</ref> Series II was unveiled in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arbortech releases Airboard Series II | url=http://www.arbortechusa.com/upload/pages/press-releases/airboard-ii-final-sml.pdf}}</ref>
Rumors circulated in 2001 that inventor [[Dean Kamen]]'s new [[invention]], codenamed ''Ginger'', was a transportation device resembling the Hoverboard. In reality Ginger was the [[Segway PT|Segway Human Transporter]], a self-balancing two-wheeled electric transportation device.
In 2004, [[Jamie Hyneman]] and his team built a makeshift hovercraft for ''[[MythBusters]]'', dubbed the ''Hyneman Hoverboard'', from a [[surfboard]] and [[leafblower]]. However, Jamie's hoverboard was not very effective.
In 2005, [[Jason Bradbury]] created a "hoverboard" for ''[[The Gadget Show]]'', using a wooden board that was levitated by means of a leafblower. The original design was not propelled and could also not be steered. In 2009, a second version was made which was propelled/steered by a small jet engine (rather than a fan as with an [[air boat]]), and also contained 2 (more powerful) leafblowers.
In 2011, French artist Nils Guadagnin created a hovering board that floats by magnetic repulsion between it and its base but cannot carry a load. The board includes a laser system which ensures stabilization, in addition to an electromagnetic system which makes the levitation possible.<ref name="unloaded">{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/197371/hoverboard_project_takes_flightand_actually_hovers.html|title=Hoverboard Project Takes Flight--and Actually Hovers|date=27 May 2010|work=TechHive}}</ref>
In October 2011, the Université Paris Diderot in France presented the "Mag surf", a superconducting device which levitates {{convert|3|cm|in|abbr=on}} above two magnetized repulsing floor rails and can carry up to {{convert|100|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/sc/site.php?bc=recherche&np=pageActu&ref=3658|title=Le Mag Surf- Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7|work=univ-paris-diderot.fr}}</ref>
In March 2014, a company called HUVr claimed to have developed the technology for hoverboards, and released a video advertising the product on [[YouTube]] featuring [[Christopher Lloyd]], [[Tony Hawk]], [[Moby]], [[Terrell Owens]], and others riding hoverboards through a parking lot in Los Angeles. Special effect failures such as incomplete [[wire removal]] have conclusively identified the video as a hoax or joke, traced to the [[Funny or Die]] website through identification of the cast and public references to the project.<ref>{{cite web|last=Anthony|first=Sebastian|title=HUVr: The Back to the Future hoverboard is finally here|url=http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/177837-huvr-the-back-to-the-future-hoverboard-is-finally-here|publisher=Ziff Davis, LLC|accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref> Funny or Die later posted a video featuring Christopher Lloyd "apologizing" for the hoax.<ref>{{cite web|title=Funny Or Die is Sorry for Lying about Hoverboards|url=http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/eb823e7388/funny-or-die-is-sorry-for-lying-about-hoverboards|accessdate=5 March 2014}}</ref>
In October 2014, American inventor Greg Henderson demonstrated a prototype hoverboard working on a [[magnetic levitation]] principle. Similar to maglev trains, the hoverboard requires a surface of non-[[ferromagnetic]] metal such as copper or aluminum to function, carrying up to {{convert|300|lb|kg|abbr=on|order=flip}} while hovering {{convert|1|in|cm|abbr=on|order=flip}} above the surface. Four engines were used to power the magnetic levitation, with the option of applying thrust and spin to the board under user control. The prototype was promoted in a campaign on [[Kickstarter]] the day of the news coverage, with a price of $10,000 for the first ten boards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/21/we-rode-a-hoverboard/|title=We rode a $10,000 hoverboard, and you can too|publisher=Engadget|date=2010-10-21|author=Sean Buckley}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142464853/hendo-hoverboards-worlds-first-real-hoverboard/description|title=Hendo Hoverboards - World's first REAL hoverboard|publisher=Kickstarter|date=2014-10-21|author=Hendo Hover}}</ref> The ''New York Times'' said that although the board worked, Greg Henderson had no personal interest in skateboarding and that the Kickstarter was "basically a publicity stunt," designed to call attention to his California-based company, Arx Pax's, Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA) which Henderson was more interested in using for other applications, such as an emergency maglev mechanism capable of raising buildings from their foundations to protect them from earthquakes. Henderson was quoted as saying, "That's why we picked the hoverboard: to capture that attention. If one in 10 people realize there is another use for this stuff, that would be a great success."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/technology/hoverboard-still-in-the-future.html|title=Hoverboard? Still in the Future|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|author=Conor Dougherty|date=2014-10-21}}</ref>
In May, 2015, [[Guinness World Records]] announced that the [[Romania]]-born Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru had set a new record for continuous travel as a controlling pilot on an autonomously powered hoverboard, travelling over a distance of {{convert|275.9|m|yd|0|abbr=on}} at heights up to {{convert|5|m|ft|abbr=on}} over [[Lake Ouareau]] in the province of [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. Video of the flight leading to a controlled splash-down is offered.<ref name=GWR>{{cite web| url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/5/video-watch-incredible-footage-of-farthest-flight-by-a-hoverboard-record-set-by-379420| title=Video: Watch incredible footage of farthest flight by a hoverboard record set by Canada's Catalin Alexandru Duru| publisher=[[Guinness World Records]]| author=Kevin Lynch|date=22 May 2015| accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> Duru had designed and constructed the hoverboard himself over the course of a year. Its lift is generated by propellors, and the pilot controls the craft with his feet.
On 24 June 2015, [[Lexus]] released a video as part of their "Amazing in Motion" series purporting to show a real hoverboard they had developed, the [[Slide (hoverboard)|Slide]]. It was stated by Lexus that the board worked using liquid-nitrogen-cooled superconductors and permanent magnets. The board was shown moving over a conventional looking concrete skateboard park surface, which led to some skepticism. Lexus apparently later admitted that it only works on special metallic surfaces and the surface shown was not just concrete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gizmodo.com/wait-a-minute-did-lexus-actually-make-a-working-hoverb-1713469352|title=Wait a Minute, Did Lexus Actually Make a Working Hoverboard?|author=Andrew Liszewski|publisher=Gawker Media|work=Gizmodo}}</ref> On August 4, 2015, [[Lexus]] revealed all the secrets of the Slide hoverboard with a promotional campaign, filmed in [[Barcelona]] and starring Ross McGouran, a professional London skateboarder. Lexus released a series of videos explaining the technology and the whole engineering, research, and development process in association with all its partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ridesupboards.com/hoverboard-lexus-slide/|title=HOVERBOARD IS a 2015 REALITY : IT’S CALLED LEXUS SLIDE !!!|work=CROSS BOARD RIDING FOR ANY RIDER RIDESUPBOARDS.COM}}</ref>
On 24 December 2015, [[ARCA Space Corporation]] claimed it developed a hoverboard named ArcaBoard, and the batteries can provide energy enough for six minutes of hovering. The hoverboard uses powerful [[Mechanical fan|fan]]s.<ref>[http://www.gizmag.com/arcaboard-hoverboard-arca-aerospace/41063/ ArcaBoard: The first real hoverboard?], ''Gizmag.com'', accesat la 26 decembrie 2015</ref>
==Popular culture ==
* ''[[Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future trilogy]]'': [[Marty McFly]] ([[Michael J. Fox]]) rides a hoverboard in ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'' (1989), to escape Griffs gang members in the year 2015. Later on Marty McFly would revisit 1955 and use the hoverboard to steal the Sports Almanac book back from Biff Tannen, to prevent him from taking over Hill Valley. In ''[[Back to the Future Part III|Part III]]'' (1990), in the year 1885, Doc Brown rides the hoverboard to rescue Clara from falling off the locomotive. In the one-off special ''[[Doc Brown Saves the World]]''- released as part of the 30th anniversary DVD special- Doc reveals that he erased the existence of the hoverboard and other inventions from the 2015 shown in the series as they contributed to a chain of events that culminated in Griff Tannen triggering a nuclear holocaust.
* ''[[Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'' (2007): In this live action movie a character named Silver Surfer can be seen riding flying hoverboard in space and as he causes power outages across the globe while flying in the sky.
* ''[[AirBlade|Airblade]]'' was based completely around a hoverboard using next-generation anti-gravity technology.
* ''[[Air Boarder 64]]'' was based on many types of hoverboards using anti-gravity technology and allowed players to hover over land, snow, water as well as pull off many stunts like grinds, lip stalls, manuals, poles.
* ''Back to the Future'' video games:
** ''[[Super Back to the Future II]]''
** ''[[Back to the Future Part II & III]]'' for the Nintendo Entertainment System: In this game, players play as Marty who can find a hoverboard and ride it, which makes him invincible to any enemy for a short time before it wears off. Also, players have to find the hoverboard item as one of the 30 missing puzzle pieces.
** ''Back to the Future II'' for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, and ZX Spectrum.
** ''[[Back to the Future: The Game|Back To The Future: The Game]]'': 2010 episodic game based on the [[Back to the Future trilogy]] released in 5 episodes from December 2010 to June 2011 by [[Telltale Games]]. The hoverboard was used in the final episode to stop Edna from escaping in a [[DeLorean time machine|Delorean]] whilst being chased by [[Marty McFly|Marty]] and [[Doctor Emmett Brown|Doc]] in their DeLorean.
==See also==
* [[Ionocraft]], a propulsion device with similar operation to a hoverboard, but requires tethering to its [[power supply]] as its [[thrust-to-weight ratio]] is too low to also lift it
* [[Skateboard]]
* [[Self-balancing two-wheeled board]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
{{Wiktionary|hoverboard}}
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-hoverboard-lie-how-back-to-the-future-ruined-childhood/ The Hoverboard Lie: How Back to the Future Ruined Childhood]
* {{tvtropes|Hoverboard|Hover Board}}
{{Back to the Future}}
[[Category:Fictional vehicles]]
[[Category:Back to the Future technology]]' |
New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext ) | '{{for|the type of two-wheeled scooter sometimes known by this name|Self-balancing scooter}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{original research|date=January 2015}}
{{Cleanup|reason=the article features several incorrect links to other pages and lacks overall information|date=September 2013}}
}}
{{Infobox fictional artifact
| name = Hoverboard
| image = Hoverboard.jpg
| caption = Fictional hoverboard used by the character [[Marty McFly]] in both ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'' and ''[[Back to the Future Part III]]''.
| alt =
| source = [[Back to the Future (series)|Back to the Future]]
| source_type = films
| company = [[Amblin Entertainment]]
| first = [[Back to the Future Part II]]
| first_ep =
| first_type =
| date = 2015 in fictional timeline
| creator = [[Robert Zemeckis]]
| episode_creator =
| type = Personal transport
| owner =
| uses = Personal transportation similar to a skateboard, but using a magnetic means of levitation instead of wheels.
}}
A '''hoverboard''' (or '''hover board''') is a fictional [[levitating]] board used for personal transportation, first described by author [[M. K. Joseph]]<nowiki/>pin 1967 andopularized by the ''[[Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future]]'' film franchise.<ref name=Shea>http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/when-did-we-start-talking-about-hoverboards</ref> Hoverboards are generally depicted as resembling a [[skateboard]] without wheels. During the 1990s there were rumors, fueled by director [[Robert Zemeckis]],<ref name="hoverboards"/> that hoverboards were in fact real, but not marketed because they were deemed too dangerous by parents' groups. These rumors have been conclusively debunked.<ref name="hoverboards">{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/hoverboard.asp|title=Back to the Future Hoverboard : snopes.com|author=snopes|date=4 November 2015|work=Snopes}}</ref> The hoverboard concept has been used by many authors in various forms of media.<ref name=Shea/>
The [[Guinness World Records]] recognizes the term hoverboard to include autonomously powered personal levitators. In May 2015, the Romania-born Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru set a Guinness World Record by travelling a distance of {{convert|275.9|m|yd|0|abbr=on}} at heights up to {{convert|5|m|ft|abbr=on}} over a lake, on an autonomously powered hoverboard of his own design.<ref>{{cite av media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUq3mBuENiw|title=Canadian Develops Futuristic Hoverboard|date=13 October 2015|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfa9HrieUyQ
</ref>
Another method of achieving levitation is [[superconductivity]], used by the [[Slide (hoverboard)|Slide]] hoverboard.
==Real world==
Several companies have drawn on [[hovercraft]] technology to attempt and create hoverboard-like products but none has demonstrated similar experiences to those depicted in films.
In the 1950s Hiller aircraft produced the "Flying Platform" which was similar to the modern concept of a hover board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exhibits: Hiller Flying Platform | url=http://www.hiller.org/flying-platform.shtml}}</ref>
Airboard was unveiled in the 2000 Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hover Board: How Close Are We? | url=http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/13899/the-hover-board-how-close-are-we}}</ref> which was manufactured and sold by Arbortech Industries Limited.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arbortech Industries Limited Airboard page |url=http://www.airboardeurope.com/ |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010720150241/http://www.airboardeurope.com/ |archivedate=July 20, 2001 }}</ref> Series II was unveiled in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arbortech releases Airboard Series II | url=http://www.arbortechusa.com/upload/pages/press-releases/airboard-ii-final-sml.pdf}}</ref>
Rumors circulated in 2001 that inventor [[Dean Kamen]]'s new [[invention]], codenamed ''Ginger'', was a transportation device resembling the Hoverboard. In reality Ginger was the [[Segway PT|Segway Human Transporter]], a self-balancing two-wheeled electric transportation device.
In 2004, [[Jamie Hyneman]] and his team built a makeshift hovercraft for ''[[MythBusters]]'', dubbed the ''Hyneman Hoverboard'', from a [[surfboard]] and [[leafblower]]. However, Jamie's hoverboard was not very effective.
In 2005, [[Jason Bradbury]] created a "hoverboard" for ''[[The Gadget Show]]'', using a wooden board that was levitated by means of a leafblower. The original design was not propelled and could also not be steered. In 2009, a second version was made which was propelled/steered by a small jet engine (rather than a fan as with an [[air boat]]), and also contained 2 (more powerful) leafblowers.
In 2011, French artist Nils Guadagnin created a hovering board that floats by magnetic repulsion between it and its base but cannot carry a load. The board includes a laser system which ensures stabilization, in addition to an electromagnetic system which makes the levitation possible.<ref name="unloaded">{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/197371/hoverboard_project_takes_flightand_actually_hovers.html|title=Hoverboard Project Takes Flight--and Actually Hovers|date=27 May 2010|work=TechHive}}</ref>
In October 2011, the Université Paris Diderot in France presented the "Mag surf", a superconducting device which levitates {{convert|3|cm|in|abbr=on}} above two magnetized repulsing floor rails and can carry up to {{convert|100|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/sc/site.php?bc=recherche&np=pageActu&ref=3658|title=Le Mag Surf- Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7|work=univ-paris-diderot.fr}}</ref>
In March 2014, a company called HUVr claimed to have developed the technology for hoverboards, and released a video advertising the product on [[YouTube]] featuring [[Christopher Lloyd]], [[Tony Hawk]], [[Moby]], [[Terrell Owens]], and others riding hoverboards through a parking lot in Los Angeles. Special effect failures such as incomplete [[wire removal]] have conclusively identified the video as a hoax or joke, traced to the [[Funny or Die]] website through identification of the cast and public references to the project.<ref>{{cite web|last=Anthony|first=Sebastian|title=HUVr: The Back to the Future hoverboard is finally here|url=http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/177837-huvr-the-back-to-the-future-hoverboard-is-finally-here|publisher=Ziff Davis, LLC|accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref> Funny or Die later posted a video featuring Christopher Lloyd "apologizing" for the hoax.<ref>{{cite web|title=Funny Or Die is Sorry for Lying about Hoverboards|url=http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/eb823e7388/funny-or-die-is-sorry-for-lying-about-hoverboards|accessdate=5 March 2014}}</ref>
In October 2014, American inventor Greg Henderson demonstrated a prototype hoverboard working on a [[magnetic levitation]] principle. Similar to maglev trains, the hoverboard requires a surface of non-[[ferromagnetic]] metal such as copper or aluminum to function, carrying up to {{convert|300|lb|kg|abbr=on|order=flip}} while hovering {{convert|1|in|cm|abbr=on|order=flip}} above the surface. Four engines were used to power the magnetic levitation, with the option of applying thrust and spin to the board under user control. The prototype was promoted in a campaign on [[Kickstarter]] the day of the news coverage, with a price of $10,000 for the first ten boards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/21/we-rode-a-hoverboard/|title=We rode a $10,000 hoverboard, and you can too|publisher=Engadget|date=2010-10-21|author=Sean Buckley}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142464853/hendo-hoverboards-worlds-first-real-hoverboard/description|title=Hendo Hoverboards - World's first REAL hoverboard|publisher=Kickstarter|date=2014-10-21|author=Hendo Hover}}</ref> The ''New York Times'' said that although the board worked, Greg Henderson had no personal interest in skateboarding and that the Kickstarter was "basically a publicity stunt," designed to call attention to his California-based company, Arx Pax's, Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA) which Henderson was more interested in using for other applications, such as an emergency maglev mechanism capable of raising buildings from their foundations to protect them from earthquakes. Henderson was quoted as saying, "That's why we picked the hoverboard: to capture that attention. If one in 10 people realize there is another use for this stuff, that would be a great success."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/technology/hoverboard-still-in-the-future.html|title=Hoverboard? Still in the Future|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|author=Conor Dougherty|date=2014-10-21}}</ref>
In May, 2015, [[Guinness World Records]] announced that the [[Romania]]-born Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru had set a new record for continuous travel as a controlling pilot on an autonomously powered hoverboard, travelling over a distance of {{convert|275.9|m|yd|0|abbr=on}} at heights up to {{convert|5|m|ft|abbr=on}} over [[Lake Ouareau]] in the province of [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. Video of the flight leading to a controlled splash-down is offered.<ref name=GWR>{{cite web| url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/5/video-watch-incredible-footage-of-farthest-flight-by-a-hoverboard-record-set-by-379420| title=Video: Watch incredible footage of farthest flight by a hoverboard record set by Canada's Catalin Alexandru Duru| publisher=[[Guinness World Records]]| author=Kevin Lynch|date=22 May 2015| accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> Duru had designed and constructed the hoverboard himself over the course of a year. Its lift is generated by propellors, and the pilot controls the craft with his feet.
On 24 June 2015, [[Lexus]] released a video as part of their "Amazing in Motion" series purporting to show a real hoverboard they had developed, the [[Slide (hoverboard)|Slide]]. It was stated by Lexus that the board worked using liquid-nitrogen-cooled superconductors and permanent magnets. The board was shown moving over a conventional looking concrete skateboard park surface, which led to some skepticism. Lexus apparently later admitted that it only works on special metallic surfaces and the surface shown was not just concrete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gizmodo.com/wait-a-minute-did-lexus-actually-make-a-working-hoverb-1713469352|title=Wait a Minute, Did Lexus Actually Make a Working Hoverboard?|author=Andrew Liszewski|publisher=Gawker Media|work=Gizmodo}}</ref> On August 4, 2015, [[Lexus]] revealed all the secrets of the Slide hoverboard with a promotional campaign, filmed in [[Barcelona]] and starring Ross McGouran, a professional London skateboarder. Lexus released a series of videos explaining the technology and the whole engineering, research, and development process in association with all its partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ridesupboards.com/hoverboard-lexus-slide/|title=HOVERBOARD IS a 2015 REALITY : IT’S CALLED LEXUS SLIDE !!!|work=CROSS BOARD RIDING FOR ANY RIDER RIDESUPBOARDS.COM}}</ref>
On 24 December 2015, [[ARCA Space Corporation]] claimed it developed a hoverboard named ArcaBoard, and the batteries can provide energy enough for six minutes of hovering. The hoverboard uses powerful [[Mechanical fan|fan]]s.<ref>[http://www.gizmag.com/arcaboard-hoverboard-arca-aerospace/41063/ ArcaBoard: The first real hoverboard?], ''Gizmag.com'', accesat la 26 decembrie 2015</ref>
==Popular culture ==
* ''[[Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future trilogy]]'': [[Marty McFly]] ([[Michael J. Fox]]) rides a hoverboard in ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'' (1989), to escape Griffs gang members in the year 2015. Later on Marty McFly would revisit 1955 and use the hoverboard to steal the Sports Almanac book back from Biff Tannen, to prevent him from taking over Hill Valley. In ''[[Back to the Future Part III|Part III]]'' (1990), in the year 1885, Doc Brown rides the hoverboard to rescue Clara from falling off the locomotive. In the one-off special ''[[Doc Brown Saves the World]]''- released as part of the 30th anniversary DVD special- Doc reveals that he erased the existence of the hoverboard and other inventions from the 2015 shown in the series as they contributed to a chain of events that culminated in Griff Tannen triggering a nuclear holocaust.
* ''[[Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'' (2007): In this live action movie a character named Silver Surfer can be seen riding flying hoverboard in space and as he causes power outages across the globe while flying in the sky.
* ''[[AirBlade|Airblade]]'' was based completely around a hoverboard using next-generation anti-gravity technology.
* ''[[Air Boarder 64]]'' was based on many types of hoverboards using anti-gravity technology and allowed players to hover over land, snow, water as well as pull off many stunts like grinds, lip stalls, manuals, poles.
* ''Back to the Future'' video games:
** ''[[Super Back to the Future II]]''
** ''[[Back to the Future Part II & III]]'' for the Nintendo Entertainment System: In this game, players play as Marty who can find a hoverboard and ride it, which makes him invincible to any enemy for a short time before it wears off. Also, players have to find the hoverboard item as one of the 30 missing puzzle pieces.
** ''Back to the Future II'' for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, and ZX Spectrum.
** ''[[Back to the Future: The Game|Back To The Future: The Game]]'': 2010 episodic game based on the [[Back to the Future trilogy]] released in 5 episodes from December 2010 to June 2011 by [[Telltale Games]]. The hoverboard was used in the final episode to stop Edna from escaping in a [[DeLorean time machine|Delorean]] whilst being chased by [[Marty McFly|Marty]] and [[Doctor Emmett Brown|Doc]] in their DeLorean.
==See also==
* [[Ionocraft]], a propulsion device with similar operation to a hoverboard, but requires tethering to its [[power supply]] as its [[thrust-to-weight ratio]] is too low to also lift it
* [[Skateboard]]
* [[Self-balancing two-wheeled board]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
{{Wiktionary|hoverboard}}
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-hoverboard-lie-how-back-to-the-future-ruined-childhood/ The Hoverboard Lie: How Back to the Future Ruined Childhood]
* {{tvtropes|Hoverboard|Hover Board}}
{{Back to the Future}}
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