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Posted on Jun 16, 2013

10 Technologies That Could Be Used To Build A Real Hoverboard

Back To The Future Part II promised us hoverboards in the near future, but so far no one has come through with the goods. As the 2015 deadline set by the film approaches, just what do scientists have up their sleeves?

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Quantum levitation is achieved by cooling superconductors. Someone fetch me some duct-tape and a skateboard... — youtube.com

Quantum levitation is achieved by cooling superconductors. Someone fetch me some duct-tape and a skateboard...

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Quantum levitation is achieved by cooling superconductors. Someone fetch me some duct-tape and a skateboard...

This is a damn fine attempt, but it can only carry 5 pounds. — Via youtube.com

This is a damn fine attempt, but it can only carry 5 pounds.

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This is a damn fine attempt, but it can only carry 5 pounds.

Maglev trains use magnets instead of wheels and the reduced friction allows them to travel at incredibly high speeds. So make a maglev hoverboard already! — Via youtube.com

Maglev trains use magnets instead of wheels and the reduced friction allows them to travel at incredibly high speeds. So make a maglev hoverboard already!

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Maglev trains use magnets instead of wheels and the reduced friction allows them to travel at incredibly high speeds. So make a maglev hoverboard already!

If you could make this just a little bit smaller... — Via youtube.com

If you could make this just a little bit smaller...

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If you could make this just a little bit smaller...

Harrier jump jets can take off vertically and hover, but good luck trying to get one into a half-pipe. — Via youtube.com

Harrier jump jets can take off vertically and hover, but good luck trying to get one into a half-pipe.

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Harrier jump jets can take off vertically and hover, but good luck trying to get one into a half-pipe.

It would be a crime to leave out the awesome Skycrane used to lower the curiosity rover onto the surface of Mars. — Via youtube.com

It would be a crime to leave out the awesome Skycrane used to lower the curiosity rover onto the surface of Mars.

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It would be a crime to leave out the awesome Skycrane used to lower the curiosity rover onto the surface of Mars.

If this guy had the balls to stand up on this thing, then we'd be in business! — Via youtube.com

If this guy had the balls to stand up on this thing, then we'd be in business!

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If this guy had the balls to stand up on this thing, then we'd be in business!

MagSurf, built by researchers at Universite Paris Diderot in France, seem to have cracked it using quantum levitation. Now all we need is a whole lot of superconductors. — Via youtube.com

MagSurf, built by researchers at Universite Paris Diderot in France, seem to have cracked it using quantum levitation. Now all we need is a whole lot of superconductors.

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MagSurf, built by researchers at Universite Paris Diderot in France, seem to have cracked it using quantum levitation. Now all we need is a whole lot of superconductors.

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