Lexus made a hoverboard... I'll bet it costs more than a Lexus!

[Ford 1st MRB]

The good stuff:

The smart stuff:

[Woz 1st MRB]

It's neat, but I don't think we will ever be able to delineate from a track.

[Teachey]

Would be interesting......but its a Lexus so it might be a bit....dull. Make a Lambo version of it without Audi being part of it, then we can talk about a hoverboard.

[J. Hill]

only a prototype that they made to make a commercial with. LOL.

[Melnyk 1st MRB]

Looks like its using some sort of super conductor with the cold air coming out. I knew hover technology would be based off of super conductors, if that is the case.

[Ford 1st MRB]

It's not practical in any sense of the word. The head of the project said in the second video, if he knew before the project what the outcome would be, he wouldn't have started it. It doesn't work without the electromagnetic rails and installing them everywhere doesn't make sense.

They did prove however it can be done, and the method could be practical for other uses, just not hoverboards.

It's still cool regardless.

[Gilmore 1st MRB]

I think it's amazing. It is a superconductor cooled with liquid nitrogen and it also has massive magnets within it. I am really excited but, it seems like it will not be available for sale at all.

[Woz 1st MRB]

The head of the project said in the second video, if he knew before the project what the outcome would be, he wouldn't have started it.

"If we would have known at the beginning, what would result at the end... we would have said, 'No, it is impossible.'."

He wasn't saying that the project was a failure and they shouldn't have done it. He was saying that the project exceeded all expectations and was amazing.

I do agree though that it will have some important ramifications in the future. I question how practical that much liquid nitrogen really is in a commercial transportation scenario.