Hoverboards here now.

[Pinwheel]

Is this for real....Hoax or real

http://huvrtech.com/

[sheeny]

Hoax:

http://www.heavy.com/tech/2014/03/huvr-tech-hoax-fake-real-hoverboard-video-debunk/

Al.

[Pinwheel]

This explanation above is not very convincing either. Mostly innuendo, rather than actual debunk facts.

[AG Hybrid]

Some stupid viral marketing campaign. If you disagree. Send them your money.

[Barrykgerdes]

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

[MrB]

Yes hoax, there is a rather amusing photo of Moby(musician) floating on one :)



Plenty of that happens on the 'traditional' wheeled board :lol:

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.

[Pinwheel]

Still it's a bloody expensive hoax. Someone paid a lot of cash to pull this prank & had connections to some stars too!:shrug:

[FlashDrive]

I want one.....:D:P

[Wavytone]

Mmm.. never mind standing on one, I'll take 4 to stick under my car please !

[OICURMT]

Funny or Die have already admitted that this was a Hoax (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=funny+or+die+hoverboard+hoax)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57619972-93/doc-brown-finally-admits-funny-or-die-hoverboard-video-is-fake/

Love the first line... "To everyone's dismay, the future has not actually arrived (http://huvrtech.com/). Folks, hoverboards are not real. "

Actually, anyone with basic knowledge of physics would not have been "dismayed"... geezz.... why is this even newsworthy?

[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.

:)

Al.

[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..:screwy:

[AG Hybrid]

Some more info (http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/03/tony-hawk-explains-the-back-to-the-future-hoverboard-prank/)on how it was done.

[sheeny]

To scam investors?

Al.

[Pinwheel]

Thank's AG now you'll tell me there's no Santa or Easter bunny...:(:sadeyes::(

[big_dav_2001]

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