Jedes Kind der 80er-Jahre hat von einem Hoverboard des Marty McFly geträumt. Dieser Traum wird Wirklichkeit. Auf der Crowdfunding Plattform Kickstarter sucht Hendo derzeit nach einer Finanzierung. Das Board wurde von Greg Henderson und Jill für ihr Unternehmen Arx Pax entwickelt. “It’s not exactly Marty McFly’s hoverboard. Now it only works on special surfaces, and the battery life is only a few minutes long. And it’s tough to ride,” so beschreibt die New York Times das Video von Arx Pax aus Los Gatos in Kalifornien. Das Video folgt nach dem Break
In der New York Times heisst es weiter:
The business plan is to develop magnetic technologies and license patents to builders, engineering firms, the Green Goblin and anyone else who might need to hover something.
Mr. Henderson may be a dreamer, but he is enough of a realist to understand that people are likely to be more interested in hovering skateboards than they are in his ideas for new kinds of building foundations.
“That’s why we picked the hoverboard: to capture that attention,” he said. “If one in 10 people realize there is another use for this stuff, that would be a great success.”