http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/tony-hawk-rides-worlds-first-real-hoverboard/
The must have found a source of floatstone.
The must have found a source of floatstone.
some ppl want to make stuff come true they see in sci-fi films. The boys who have such courage will be remembered.
Yes, $300 and they'll send you a micro version of the technology to play with. That's astoundingly cool
Is the science solid? Kickstarter isn't renown for being filled with trustworthy people, what's with the "potato salad" Kickstarter.
Micro? I read it as one standard hover engine, the hoverboard appearing to require four. And of course it doesn't mention a size for the sample of hoversurface. At a guess a 'micro version' would be a greater innovation than the promised hover engine.
So, what to do with a hover engine? Obviously it would not make a good paperweight!
I just figure it's got to be for a small one. Given the price.
Still! Repelling off of a copper surface?!? Wow!
Is the science solid? Kickstarter isn't renown for being filled with trustworthy people, what's with the "potato salad" Kickstarter.
Unfortunately, the restriction to highly conductive, non-ferromagnetic surfaces (i.e. copper and maybe aluminum) is going to limit its applications.
I want copper tanks treads that help move a hovertank
Depends on how thick the copper needs to be. If a reasonably thin layer of copper foil in a substrate is sufficient the flooring won't cost all that much.
Hard to tell without more details. If you make generous assumptions, copper foil might just about work. Tighten those a bit and there is no way around a real copper plate.
If you can get by with even a thick foil the cost might not be prohibitive, depending on the value of what you are trying to accomplish of course. Even if you just laid down 'transport lanes' for materials on a factory floor where you could use your frictionless palette jacks, for example.