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Hoverboard Channel Crossing Is Successfully Completed!
You may recall how last week the French designer of the hoverboard, Franky Zapata, announced his intentions to cross the English channel using his device as the sole means of conveyance. You may, additionally, recall how that attempt didn’t exactly go exactly to plan as he ended up in the…
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Hoverboard Inventor To Make 2nd Channel Crossing Attempt
A little over a week ago you may recall us reporting that Franky Zapata, the creator of the 100mph+ hoverboard was going to attempt to cross the English Channel on his invention. It sounded quite optimistic, but then travelling at such speeds, the trip could (hypothetically) be completed in less…
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Hoverboard Channel Crossing Attempt Ends With A Splash!
Earlier this week, we reported how Franky Zapata, the French designer and creator of his 100mph hoverboard was going to attempt something rather interesting. Specifically, crossing the English channel using the device as his sole means of conveyance. Although no set date was made for the attempt, it was known…
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Hoverboard Creator Plans To Cross The English Channel
Since the release of the 2nd Back to the Future movie, many people have dreamed of the day that ‘hoverboard’ technology might become a reality. Sadly, since we’ve now passed the allotted date in the film, it seems we’ve got to wait a little longer before Mattell gets their product…
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Family Sues Amazon after Hoverboard Burns Down $1m Home
Everyone know that ‘hoverboards’ – those motorised two-wheeled scooter boards all the cool kids were riding for about three months – are dumb: they tend to catch fire, and they don’t even hover. Earlier this year, though – before their existence became a thing of ridicule – a family from…
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Who Wants a Real Hoverboard That Can Actually Fly?
When we hear about hoverboards these days we think of those handleless Segways that people ride around the place rather than walking, even when you can’t use them legally in public in the UK. Why not look at something a little different then? Like the original idea of a hoverboard,…
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Segway Patent Looks To Ban Hoverboards
Segways are the next best thing when it comes to showing off your technology in public. The end result though was the creation of “hoverboards” or swagboards as some call them. A device that operates in a similar fashion just without the handlebars that you find in Segways. A Segway…
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Hoverboard Company Backs Down After Rivals Raided At CES 2016
Trends come and go, from the latest phone to the newest console people often buy and then upgrade their technology a few months later. A few years ago the world was caught in a segway craze, with users riding around work and towns to doing rallies through woodland on the…
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Man Left With Amnesia After Hoverboard Accident
A man was left hospitalised after testing out the ‘hoverboard’ he bought for his son as a Christmas present, and when he woke up he thought the year was 2010. Mark Tamlin of Surrey, UK, was disappointed to find that the ‘hoverboard’ – a misnomer adopted by the popular-yet-controversial style…
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The ArcaBoard is a Hoverboard that Actually Hovers
While 2015 has been dominated by so-called hoverboards – in actuality, self-balancing two-wheeled boards which don’t hover – we may have a real contender before the year is out. Private aeronautics company ArcaSpace has launched the ArcaBoard, a fan-powered platform that actually hovers about a foot off the ground, for…
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Segway Or Hoverboard – Both Illegal To Ride In The UK
For many 2015 is the year of dreams. I mean that because this is the year we all have hoverboards, flying cars and self-tying shoelaces. I am of course referring to the 30th Anniversary of the ever-popular film Back to the Future. This is, of course, inspiring all kinds of attention,…
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Lexus Release More Footage of Their Real and Rideable Hoverboard
Marty McFly would be so proud of the people from Lexus, that is if he was a real person. Back to the Future 2 told us that there would be rideable hoverboards in 2015 and they were spot on. We’ve seen three different ones so far, but Lexus version is…
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Lexus Shows Real Rideable Hoverboard?
We’ve previously seen the some attempts to create hoverboards, but none of them were the real deal. The Hendo hoverboard requires a specialized metal surface to operate and while the leaf blower home build did work, it wasn’t any beauty nor was it as compact as a normal skateboard. Now…
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A Canadian Hoverboards Across Lake & Makes World Record
Catalin Alexandru Duru, a Canadian inventor just managed to use his invention, the first real-life hoverboard, to cross by hovering across over 300 Meters (1000 feet) the Quebec lake. He invented a hoverboard which he claims that it can be used anywhere (on any terrain). His device seems to be inspired by…
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Nike’s Back to the Future II Self-Lacing Shoes Coming This Year
The self-lacing Nike shoes, as worn by Marty McFly on his visit to the future in sci-fi adventure sequel Back to the Future II, are to be released later this year, it has been announced. Well, it is 2015, after all. https://vine.co/v/OpAQFQY5Wmt Tinker Hatfield, the original designer of the Nike…
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