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05-03-2014, 07:37 PM
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Hoverboards here now.
Is this for real....Hoax or real
http://huvrtech.com/
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05-03-2014, 07:57 PM
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Spam Hunter
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06-03-2014, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by sheeny
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This explanation above is not very convincing either. Mostly innuendo, rather than actual debunk facts.
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06-03-2014, 09:26 AM
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A Friendly Nyctophiliac
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Location: Toongabbie, NSW
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Some stupid viral marketing campaign. If you disagree. Send them your money.
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06-03-2014, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Beaumont Hills NSW
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The pictures are very much exaggerated.
While it is possible to do away with wheels and use the hovercraft principal. I think it is very much a pipe dream.
Who will be the first to disappear under a bus, truck or car because they can't stop in time?
Barry
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06-03-2014, 01:30 PM
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Old Man Yells at Cloud
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Rockingham WA
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Yes hoax, there is a rather amusing photo of Moby(musician) floating on one 
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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes
Who will be the first to disappear under a bus, truck or car because they can't stop in time?
Barry
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Plenty of that happens on the 'traditional' wheeled board 
But, if they ever do work out how to make a hover board i'm sure they could also easily figure out a braking system. Would anyone want one tho? Brakes on a trad bourdwould be reasonably simple, but no one has bothered.
At the very least, in a moment of impending doom, you could switch off the anti-grav and fall a short way to the ground to stop, or just jump off and watch the board sail away.
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06-03-2014, 02:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AG Hybrid
Some stupid viral marketing campaign. If you disagree. Send them your money.
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Still it's a bloody expensive hoax. Someone paid a lot of cash to pull this prank & had connections to some stars too! 
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06-03-2014, 02:51 PM
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I want one..... 
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06-03-2014, 02:54 PM
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Location: Killara, Sydney
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Mmm.. never mind standing on one, I'll take 4 to stick under my car please !
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06-03-2014, 03:11 PM
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Oh, I See You Are Empty!
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Laramie, WY - United States of America
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinwheel
This explanation above is not very convincing either. Mostly innuendo, rather than actual debunk facts.
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Funny or Die have already admitted that this was a Hoax
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-576...video-is-fake/
Love the first line... "To everyone's dismay, the future has not actually arrived. Folks, hoverboards are not real. "
Actually, anyone with basic knowledge of physics would not have been "dismayed"... geezz.... why is this even newsworthy?
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06-03-2014, 04:35 PM
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Spam Hunter
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Location: Oberon NSW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinwheel
This explanation above is not very convincing either. Mostly innuendo, rather than actual debunk facts.
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Yeah, I know. It doesn't read much better does it? ...but how much effort would you be prepared to put into debunking a hoax? It's hardly thesis material.
Al.
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07-03-2014, 08:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sheeny
Yeah, I know. It doesn't read much better does it? ...but how much effort would you be prepared to put into debunking a hoax? It's hardly thesis material.
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True, I just don't get WHY whats the point. All the money spent making the video, paying off the stars, creating a company profile & website. It's not even April 1st, so WHY? it's just nuts.. 
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07-03-2014, 03:54 PM
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A Friendly Nyctophiliac
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Some more info on how it was done.
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07-03-2014, 05:27 PM
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Spam Hunter
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinwheel
True, I just don't get WHY whats the point. All the money spent making the video, paying off the stars, creating a company profile & website. It's not even April 1st, so WHY? it's just nuts.. |
To scam investors?
Al.
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07-03-2014, 05:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AG Hybrid
Some more info on how it was done. |
Thank's AG now you'll tell me there's no Santa or Easter bunny...  
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07-03-2014, 05:49 PM
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Location: Schofields, NSW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinwheel
True, I just don't get WHY whats the point. All the money spent making the video, paying off the stars, creating a company profile & website. It's not even April 1st, so WHY? it's just nuts.. |
YouTube pays people to put advertisements on their videos. A popular video gets more hits, and earns more money. There was a recent Current Affairs (or simillar) show which showed Aussies making a solid living out of their YouTube channels by posting how-to videos on cooking, car modification and the like.
The HUVr Tech video has over a million hits and counting, not including the inevitable video exposing it as a hoax when they decide to announce it... I'm not sure what the pay rate is per view, but I think there would be a bit of cash in it for them.
Davin
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