Riding the Lexus hoverboard in Spain

Lexus invited us to Spain to ride the hoverboard it created for a commercial. Our resident skateboarder Sam Sheffer found the board to be very difficult to ride - but it does hover! Read the full story here: www.theverge.co...
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[@jhc2457]

When you realize it wasn’t uploaded on April 1st

[@strikingstarz341]

400th like

[@Elsher_Bader]

Lotsa likes 900

[@pandacraze676]

1,201 like

[@coronavirus9893]

Same lol, first thing i checked was the date on the video 😂

[@PushUrMotivation]

Corona Virus I also 😂

[@eml9147]

To save your time: it runs on a magnetic rail planted under the ground. The skatepark was custom built for it.

[@MrWhiteFireOG]

Knew it was too good to be true.

[@alexv1190]

This will be the start to something big though. Imagine pathways all over the country for these lol

[@luqman2626]

How about on the water ?

[@MrWhiteFireOG]

@@luqman2626 water doesn't stop magnetic forces

[@schoonerthedog]

I’ll answer what was left out, it uses quantum locking. Its liquid nitrogen not water. The nitrogen deep cools the super conductor causing it to lock to the magnetic strip on the ground

[@drsinister07]

I don't understand why nobody has figured out how to make one of these things yet, it's so simple. Cut off the wheels to your skateboard, swish and flick, say wingardium leviosa and call it a day.

[@CharlesCrossley]

Ikr

[@TeaMMatE11]

+John Smith Longboards are too expensive. Plus, the closest thing we have to hoverboards are electronic longboards.

[@Shewas-kathybates]

what 😂😂😂

[@hannahrose4903]

Then you make it

[@ethanharris3145]

it's LEVIOSA! NOT LEVIOSAR! honestly she's a nightmare it's a wonder she has any friends at all

[@waywardmind]

"Hey, McFly, you bozo! Hoverboards don't work on water!" "Unless you've got POWER!"

[@fred21679]

You're a bojo!

[@Bonkers-yl2jd]

@@fred21679 water? If you want water go dunk your head in the horse trough outside!

[@jesserodgers5625]

@@Bonkers-yl2jd In here, we pour whiskey.

[@jt.studiosextras8680]

Exactly

[@pepsiman1589]

"HAHAHAHA"

[@itzzjourney2080]

Am i the only one who thought the thumbnail was a big boat Edit: Thx for the likes

[@amo_res9266]

bruhh me too

[@JAYNYCTV]

Journey is that cutie i thought the same 😹

[@jackricher7455]

Me too

[@christianfrederick4272]

No

[@devilishfun1791]

Maybe

[@word.y2]

Elon musk: Hold my beer.

[@timbridger4681]

AND IT WILL HAVE A FLAMETHROWER IN IT

[@word.y2]

Timothy Drake y e s

[@MelroyvandenBerg]

Indeed!

[@oud13yearsago83]

Eel on musk

[@metamorphicorder]

Not even him. Just not possible with this approach.

[@MiguelRPD]

Don't forget your gallon of liquid nitrogen! okay mom!

[@peedrepusgnihtemos9291]

*Spills on hand AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@forsaken5064]

...You can spill it on your hand, nothing will happen as long as you throw it off within a few seconds..

[@str1pe_]

Don’t forget you curry! Okay mom!

[@toheedmalik2238]

@@str1pe_ ?

[@bruh4032]

@@str1pe_ racist scumbag

[@samson__sk9138]

Do a kickflip

[@urmomisurdad5422]

lol

[@EthanClarin]

lol

[@RedLee20]

lol

[@intrst4532]

Bunkaf lol

[@stanrv7439]

lol

[@BubbleDouble]

This is like clickbait but in real life

[@spaceface105]

No. It was a part of an advertising campaign whose goal was to increase Lexus brand awareness to get more customers - not to mislead anybody.

[@FrinzeZyruz]

Aren’t all clickbates real

[@naverilllang]

Its bait car!

[@Jaeyxng]

???

[@Xerkies]

Ohhh, so it's like when someone tells you that there's candy in the van but there isn't candy in there at all...

[@TheHoaxHotel]

Yes, these are a real thing and I'm selling them on my site. I also have some delicious snake oil for those interested.

[@samsheffer]

+The Hoax Hotel do you do combo packages?

[@TheHoaxHotel]

Sam Sheffer Yes, but you will have to wire me the money through Western Union ;) Great vid btw.

[@cihankenar1]

The Hoax Hotel I can send you some money left to me by my rich estranged uncle in Nairobi. Fully legit.

[@ddelopkwapn5985]

***** No shit dude it was a joke.

[@johncina9052]

ok sure what name do i say on the western union there is one about 20 minutes away from me

[@lasp4729]

Vapeboard ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

[@putraharrisbenjamin7932]

"--"

[@therookie9276]

(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@therookie9276]

o(〃＾▽＾〃)oლ(́◉◞౪◟◉‵ლ)o((*^▽^*))o

[@memesl1929]

Lmao

[@DominoStudios]

Wtf

[@bruce2806]

Why am I seeing this now in 2019

[@cathamir7815]

ARYAN LATHAR same

[@JamesPound]

Yeah, idk, it came up like a new video

[@youllhavetowait]

ARYAN LATHAR I remember this years ago

[@idothisonadaily9978]

I want one

[@GTPressure]

Lexus bought it out for a commercial and just threw it to the side waists

[@NkaVidsSkateboarding]

*Wow One Step Closer Maybe in Another 10 Years* 🤓💯

[@Panch0.]

What

[@clippersf]

Wassup Nigel

[@louixxv1090]

@PKD Orion yup

[@Shubhyduby]

Maybe but why do we need one. But it might help with other discoveries

[@Morbius-Tension]

That is if we're even alive

[@Movie_Games]

Just rebuild all the sidewalks and roads in the US with the same material as the skatepark. Then we can all have hoverboards as well as hovercars. These companies don't think.

[@bigmac92]

I know right

[@bigmac92]

Potty mouth

[@willlee9550]

+Sam Stringer No one said it was easy, but he has a fair point. It will take time to complete the entire transportation.... but you gotta start somewhere...

[@paulrobert9286]

It ain't whether it's easy or not. There isn't enough money in the world to do that.

[@willlee9550]

But apparently America has the money to spent 300 billion dollars on making F22 raptors and barely uses it and barely trains any fighters to fly them. Funny. America makes a lot of things that we don't even need. They're just sitting on our backyard.... 300 billion dollar can stop world hunger lmao.

[@BestAtNothing]

Much scam, such disappoint, wow.

[@NexTsTovas]

BestAtNothing No scam, why disappoint, whut?

[@i3e5l4]

BestAtNothing | This is 'Dumb Starbucks' all over again... It was all marketing and promotional fanfare..

[@Nickuncle]

Eliezer Martinez It was pretty cool marketing though. I like it. They made an actual hoverboard. Not from the movies, but a stylish looking board.

[@Nickuncle]

***** Why do I have to be so specific on KZbin? OK. They made an actual BOARD THAT HOVERS. Everything else is accurate. I figured "not from the movies" was enough to make that clear.

[@i3e5l4]

john mark ^ watch out we got a genius over here

[@mnayu]

KZbin: 2015: Nope 2016: Nope 2017: Nope 2018: Nope 2019: Let's add this to everyone's recommendation feed

[@berliandro]

So original

[@ace0477]

Stfu

[@kurrycane1483]

Abhimanyu Bhadauria Wow original 100%%

[@yodayoda1782]

KZbin has been doing this so often now

[@Ryan-be4qx]

Abhimanyu Bhadauria I’ve seen this type of like system in every old vid

[@ValiantPixel]

This is more like a Maglev train than anything. Not what the consumers are looking for.

[@Scigic]

ValiantPixel You can say the same about original radio experiments in the late 1800s not being a thing consumers were looking for or could find useful. Over time it lead to wireless telegraphs, then audio radios, then televisions, then cellular phones and eventually smart devices. The great thing about this technology isn't that I can buy it now, but the potential it has in the future as people work on refining the concepts and creating better utilization of the early models. Might not be now, might not be in 5-10 years, but with enough people looking at the tech it might evolve into something usable and surpass our expectations.

[@Nickuncle]

Scigic And technology speeds up exponentially. It's cool but I think what makes skating cool is its simplicity. I doubt hover-boards will be really hyped anytime soon. Hell, you almost see more longboards these days than skateboards.

[@ValiantPixel]

Scigic Well said, you two. Maybe my children will grow up using hover boards :)

[@NickAlekseyevich]

Scigic Except that unless you can somehow use gravity against itself or natural Earth's magnetic field to force yourself against it on a skateboard (which you won't be able to do) this is indeed useless. They basically "tricked" the board into being a liquid-nitrogen-cooled train. Nothing more, nothing less. But yeah maybe one day they will make magnetic skateparks, forget about riding anywhere outside and doing tricks, which would be a waste of money and time instead of working on real life solutions.

[@levimcn112]

Scigic thank you haha its a step in the right direction yea I would prefer a normal skateboard but its still pretty cool haha like you guys are telling me if you had a free chance to ride it around the track you wouldn't. Keep your consumerist views out and its still an awesome thing haha

[@JammieDawdger]

Are you kidding me, I was in Cubelles a week ago

[@samsheffer]

+Jamie Dawson about a week ago!!!

[@Mike-lc4mo]

dyenastyboy nice, I can google lyrics too you know

[@miamiole]

Bert Then join in!

[@Mike-lc4mo]

Vicious It's been 2 weeks

[@SiIvaGunnERB]

About a week ago, week ago.

[@DamonCzanik]

I like this. An honest, realistic view of a product. It's stupidly impractical but very cool (literally!). There reason stuff like this exists is because it lets the engineers have fun and stretch out creatively. I would have liked to see their marketing reflect this instead of implying they can do the impossible.

[@BeeWithSunglasses]

ngl making a hover board would make me feel like I can trust the company to make good products, so it wasn't a bad marketing choice.

[@dhebert111]

A couple of gyro stabilizers on that and a chip to control them, and you would improve that design to where it would actually make sense.

[@mrskiddles47]

Yeah but then you cant change the direction of the hover board... Or is that what the chip is for?

[@dhebert111]

+ASVP VSAP (spongebob) yes.

[@dhebert111]

+ASVP VSAP (spongebob) partially.

[@Panj0]

Still wouldn't overcome the bigger issue of needing magnetic roads though.

[@nish4218]

vayry gewd

[@rengcku]

we don't need hoverboards we need hover CARS

[@therealGB6702]

both

[@jrag1000]

that might be easier than taking a skate track everywhere you go, but it's all impractical.

[@MB_Branded_Hats]

bear necessities TRUE

[@MeteorCow]

bear necessities no, we need hover planes!... oh wait.

[@legocon2004]

no. . . hover dogs, wait, what

[@JohnSmith-ir2ui]

Plot twist they're trolling us too

[@calvinlee8216]

they are not trolling us

[@JohnSmith-ir2ui]

It's fake!

[@blu7860]

+John Smith HOW ABOUT YOU GO OVER TO SPAIN AND GIVE IT A TRY HUH?

[@ezioauditore7636]

maybe because they dont want to give a expensive thing to a total stranger *talking to the replys*

[@TheMercyl3ss1]

+TheMercyl3ss1 just watched the video. Should've known they'd mention it...

[@supernova6177]

0:13 Are you daft? *"Hoverboards don't work on water"*

[@philb6416]

Unless you've got POWer!

[@supernova6177]

@@philb6416 Thank god

[@philb6416]

@@supernova6177 I had to scroll way too far to find your comment to be honest

[@kafigoto]

@Mr. H no

[@willparkinson]

If it sounds too good to be true it probably is :(

[@samsheffer]

+William Parkinson :(

[@mr.bunnyslippers7607]

Its reall though

[@GummyBoar]

***** It's real. Google superconductors.

[@swanclipper]

***** the effect is real, this is science. technology beyond personal understanding is indistinguishable from magic! trust me, this is real.... to say it simply..... it's just extremely cold magnets! it goes deeper but that is the simple explanation. the problem is, liquid nitrogen evaporates very quickly even below 0 degrees (which is the scale we use to determine water states, 0 is frozen water, and 80 is water vapour / evaporating water).

[@JackalGYT]

swanclipper Also needs magnets underneath.

[@marcellabutay1090]

Man, if only there was a way we could ride a board 3 inches above the ground without magnets. *cough cough* wheels *cough*

[@Lumanova]

Skateboards exist, so they're just trying out something new.

[@evil8569]

Hoverboards would decrease frictional resistance

[@Tiyratania]

Exept this is only works on a special track of magnets. And the technology has been known for a very long time

[@mmminister9738]

wheels are for boomers.

[@mmminister9738]

Floating is where's it's at

[@mitchellvaughn6715]

I don't care if this needs a track or anything, this is awesome af

[@madhatten00]

U shud check out a bullet train then.

[@ALEN1ful]

This thing needs so much to get less than one inch off the ground.

[@Kramos_Skate]

1 ft would be great

[@animationspace8550]

@@Kramos_Skate that would be unsafe

[@Kramos_Skate]

@@animationspace8550 true, but better than an inch

[@KaneMeadowsGaming]

@@animationspace8550 A foot unsafe? If you're worried about falling a foot then you shouldn't be on a hoverboard 🤣

[@smokesolid8927]

Im just glad we as humans are developing something like this. This is a big step towards something great.

[@jamesmylife6578]

I wonder if ion thrusters would work for this.

[@xanvasanx]

Ok, ok everyone's Elon Musk this, Elon Musk that, but where's the Make It Real fam? They managed to create one that doesn't light itself on fire

[@haroun1644]

2:34 you can imagine how that person is feeling

[@theduckierealone1697]

1970: there will be flying cars in the future 2017 : new flying board

[@SeventhSolar]

Flying cars might be easier. You get to use old tech and plenty more space. Only limit is it has to fit in a garage.

[@zenzephyr5304]

It’s called a plane

[@gawdlysiinz5134]

@@zenzephyr5304 they already had planes 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Gizzard4400]

Seems like a major pain in the ass.

[@yudis3996]

lickitysplit roberts I like...nice

[@jaynelund6931]

lickitysplit roberts i

[@talaverajr391]

lickitysplit roberts its a start one that anybody with an average iq can build off of.

[@ranger349]

U got 1k likes

[@catchemallfishinfan3571]

lickitysplit roberts literally

[@vexorc1sm]

So it works, but only on magnets. _What a scam._

[@invrgottomars]

Not a scam, it's more like the first generation of hoverboards.

[@thatvolvoguy6565]

How is it a scam.....

[@vexorc1sm]

@@thatvolvoguy6565 Because if you buy it, you can't use it unless you have a specialized track which i doubt is cheap to buy.

[@vexorc1sm]

@James Okay no, I don't. Don't assume that just because you saw one comment of mines. It's mainly a joke though, so don't take it seriously.

[@dollarstorethriftshop99]

Eggo My Leggo it didn’t sound like a joke to me bud.

[@CaptainSkinnySK]

Hacksmith: Am I a joke to you?

[@buraqaerospace9945]

Hacksmith pog

[@alexestrada5221]

This was 4 years ago hacksmith video was 2 months ago

[@drsaleha6172]

So true

[@epicboy330]

It’s no commercial product but it’s still pretty awesome

[@achaii9605]

Hover it in Antartica. Problem Solved.

[@MikeOxolong]

ye cus thers -200

[@RJ9270812]

Bro that's completely wrong xD the track needs to be magnetic and the board needs to be fueled with an incredibly cold liquid (nitrogen).

[@abdubio]

magnet track?

[@youtumax1996]

HAVE YOU EVER FALLEN ON HARD ICE??

[@nfrudy8317]

Chigga Banana sounds fun

[@rohitghumare7515]

Had to check the description of it wasn't written uploaded on April 1 , can't be too much trusting these days

[@animationspace8550]

Bruh just do research on superconductor levitation, dates aren't reliable

[@owenkaska7889]

In 2018 I bet there will be flying skate boards 50 years later “teenager dies by eating a tide pod”

[@stefanbondeson6505]

I guess you're about 10years old or younger

[@Pampilat08]

@@stefanbondeson6505 how could you just assume someone's age

[@JMproductions7]

No one has ever said that

[@mista5276]

Um yet about 1-2 years too late

[@lunejersey]

Lmao

[@albertsayos8379]

I just realized that this video is very old! How we are now? Any advance?

[@imcrow6674]

i think the only way we could *maybe* have something similar from bttf in the future we may be able to miniaturize things small enough, where we could get a large amount of small air jets going out the bottom with enough force to make it hover, though it wouldnt work completely the same

[@cleo7363]

this guy is really mad he doesn’t have a hoverboard lmao

[@murdoc53]

if we ever DO get fully functional hoverboards, people are gonna learn REAL quick how brakes are supposed to work. I foresee a massive amount of injuries from people realising that without it touching the ground, making turns and stopping will be nearly impossible

[@594-d9b]

Doesn't need to be impossible.. you could like push air out from the front to brake, or have some flaps.. easy to solve.

[@certifiedbucks9150]

Beep Boop

[@martismartiis813]

well planes have airbrakes but they aren't nearly as good as normal brakes on a car

[@ShoGunNicholas]

Practicality aside, I'm sure the theory behind a Hoverboard would be beneficial for future technological growth in this sector.

[@Pendleton115]

I’m sort of curious about what happened to this park. Was it abandoned? Was it opened to the public? Are the tracks for the boards still installed?

[@dyem4nsion926]

Baby steps guys baby steps

[@0s0sXD]

exactly on point

[@maniacram]

JarodDaMtnDEWman Ok for the baby steps. But this more like abortion steps 😆

[@anucherokee2309]

7yrsago. 2022 still no hoverboards

[@tigercow]

Wait... HE JUST PUSHED MONGO! Skate 3 fans triggered.

[@langlejamal6383]

or just anybody who skates

[@tigercow]

Langle Jamal true

[@tigercow]

Tyler Hill thx

[@VXFluff]

Ok... tell me why mongo pushing is bad.

[@VXFluff]

boke nasu Oh I know. But nost skate 3 players dont actually know much about skateboarding and only say mongo is bad because x7Albert whines about it in the game, despite it affecting nothing in the game, and him not knowing anything about skating in the first place.

[@WaxDabbington]

When i was a kid after playing with magnets i always thought that would be the way we would actually hover pretty cool seeing it come to life

[@Dude-gd5wm]

Can only go 10-15 minutes without it needing maintenance? Sounds like a Lexus.

[@SonerCell]

lmao

[@PJB4453]

+Wubb8t Department of Motor Vehicles?

[@dt163]

Lexus is the most reliable car brand hands down. I dare you to name 3 brands if you think it is unreliable.

[@ALIENdrifter66]

Lexus is the most reliable brand in the world, so you got it bad

[@laddgaming1986]

This Lame guy and his cat. Haha true

[@gangsterng1636]

KZbin’s Recommendation 2015 - Nah 2016 - Nah 2017 - Nah 2018 - Nah 2019 - Umm 2020 - Okay lets do it..

[@kimahribrown3843]

Unoriginal comment.

[@Person-lc6qm]

Stfu

[@trillionairedan9052]

Unoriginal

[@architbhowmick3431]

*needs it to be cold to work* *Does the experiment in a hot beach town * 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@charleswisconsin9196]

so what you're telling me is... hover SNOW boards. i like it.

[@frankli2684]

Hacksmith actually made it real, get roasted multibillion company lexus

[@gawdlysiinz5134]

HACKSMITH IS GOATED

[@BrendonWayne2p]

They don't have the technology yet?! I mean we went to the moon and back in the 60's, right?

[@noneofyourbusiness4294]

Brendon Fields well, generating tons of thrust to shoot something in space is a bit easier due to the fact that you can use actual fuel. The thing with the hoverboard is, that you don't want it to be loud or too heavy, because people would want to use it in public. Just ripping apart streets worldwide to add such magnets won't work either, no company would want (and probably would have) that much money to spend. Hovering isn't a thing that's easy to create, if you take that into account, it requires a completely new technology, one of the kind you don't just come up with by chance

[@FunkyStudios]

pepole who think the world is flat: *"earth is flat, gravity dont exsist, the moon landing was fake"* real pepole who think right: Science...

[@sirgrem2988]

It's only a matter of time. The history of spacecraft, look them up. The history of computers, it will take time.

[@Nahutab1907]

No we didn't

[@RonLarhz]

One time thrust vs constant battling with earth's gravity,use ur brain.

[@JamesRoyceDawson]

Can we stop hyping up these worthless Hover-boards? Having a board with a superconducting magnet on the bottom doesn't mean you've got an effective means of transportation. They can only go over metal surfaces and weighs a crazy amount, making them widely impractical. This tech is a huge dead-end and will never lead to mass produced hover-boards.

[@Scigic]

***** Can we stop hyping up these worthless radio signal technologies? Having a means of converting wavelengths of sound into electrical signals doesn't mean you've got an effective means of communication. They can only be used with giant metal towers and weighs a crazy amount making them widely impractical. This tech is a huge dead-end and will never lead to mass produced radios/televisions/smartphones.

[@JamesRoyceDawson]

Scigic Are you honestly suggesting that in the future, we will build magnetic roads and pavements, just so we can have transportation that levitate a few inches off the ground? Radio is a very versatile technological advancement with many applications, but this is just a superconducting magnet. it's nothing new, and other than floating stuff over other magnets, there's not much else it can be used for. Maglev trains can use this tech well, but again, they aren't new and that's the only application I can see for this tech in the real world. Even with weight reduced, better control and a functional fuel source, this tech is a dead-end just because you'd essentially have to turn every car and board into a mini train for it to work. If it can only go on one hard to manufacture/maintain surface, why would we ever swap wheels for this? Maybe if they changed the tech so it didn't need the specialised surface, it'd be interesting, but right now it's hardly better than a party trick.

[@Scigic]

***** What I am trying to point out is that the technology is in its very early days. If we were to go back to the early days of any technology you would find similar comments about the unsuitability or non-sensibility of that technology even with something as ubiquitous as radio, but because people persisted through the criticism they turned it into something great. I'm not claiming to know where this technology will go. Will I drop money on these early experiments? No, but am I excited for where the potential this technology could lead to in 20-30 or even a 100 years? Yes.

[@Nickuncle]

***** He has a point. Meanwhile, at the dawn of electricity Edison tried his hardest to prove that Alternating Current was dangerous, useless, and that Tesla got it wrong. Do you know what electricity we use today? You guessed it; A/C.

[@3BrosElectro]

You guys are all so smart and civil in your communication. Sending all of you some internet hugs.

[@narutofan9tf]

how did that guy apparently do it in the commercial if they said it needed to be on the track?

[@mi_cipnrkorvo]

a year late but they built the rail all around the park, he went on the track in the commerical

[@bluefletcherfish]

It's called a onewheel friends. It feels 100% like your hovering on air.

[@theindianyouwatch]

Z E R O W H E E L

[@charleswisconsin9196]

we're not asking for "feels like" this is 100% actually hovering. it's also 100% stupid and demonstrates nothing except magnets are magnets. but still.

[@Tom-tz9hi]

world : corona virus yt : wanna see some hoverboard commercial? me : why not

[@KaiRuffin2121]

Lmao I saw this like 4 years ago. How are you all just finding this

[@maksrender5437]

Kai Ruffin youtube algorytm

[@dadedon305]

Kai Ruffin they just put it on our recommendations

[@Sevan_UP]

Honestly, the back to the future hover board is still the coolest one for me even though it's just special effects. And I actually like those futuristic and colorful commercials most companies make these days. Specially this one.

[@Fitzroy_Kreuger]

Why put the superconductors on the centre of the board? Why not place it on the borders so it stays flst and doesnt tilt

[@MobileLegends-tg6wn]

2019?

[@1punchman696]

shut up

[@Josh-qm4rb]

NO ONE CARES

[@anaa9245]

2020

[@smashbandicoot3548]

Me: That's a hoverboard My brain: *Sonic Riders theme starts playing*

[@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263]

Ayy lit

[@ianirizarry30]

i will wait for the toyota hover board it will not have real wood but it will cost 50%less and be more reliable

[@sashaelbabagomez783]

Ian Irizarry good one

[@asteez8566]

Toyota owns Lexus doe

[@TRIPPLEJAY00]

There the same Company just different logo.

[@firemyster4707]

For anyone who wants to know: Neodymium magnets are what they used. They are also called rare Earth magnets. They are SUUUUPER strong. I have trouble splitting them and mine are the size of a piece of gum.

[@guanyu5091]

this is depressing why are we so far off?

[@guanyu5091]

+Dillon Mixer Damn just watched that. that was awesome that's what I am talking about haha thanks.

[@KoenWoo]

Hendo Hover is real!

[@YoussefAmoun]

Because what's the point of this, it's cool...but it's useless

[@sandrafrancisco]

turns out superconductors are hard

[@Zandalot]

We are off because of things like the dab and jakepaul wasting brain cells on garbage

[@GaNgStAlBeRt]

when u talked about magnets i thought why not build a whole skatepark out of a - magnet and u ride on a + magnet board

[@Brallit]

Because opposites attract? The skatepark and board would both need to be magnets of the same polarity to create the repelling force you're thinking of. i.e.: Either both components be positive (+) or both negative (-) for that idea to possibly work, or else have one be ferromagnetic and the other be diamagnetic.

[@selfcontrol8701]

A year late but opposites attrack, you’re thinking - and - or + and +

[@brandonbartlett5667]

Brallit attach a opposite to bottom of hoverboard

[@parthasarathiravi434]

Q:How to improve this? A: just bring room temperature superconductors

[@AnshumanKumar007]

It's true and progress has been made. I think the temperature now needed for a superconductor is -130 compared to a little above 0 kelvin fifty years ago. So give it a 100 years and we might do it.

[@elishareign2003]

The hacksmith did a hoverboard but with no lines to help the thing float

[@dttkku3954]

4:04 first trip to south europe, huh ? 40 C+ (104 grader Fahrenheit) is common there

[@FarryEntertainment]

People are so spoiled... Do you really think it's easy (even possible) to build a hoverboard? Something that feels like a skateboard and hovers in mid air at any surface? Do you really? I think it's really cool what these companies even try to do.

[@albinmartinsson5174]

All you need is superconductor magnets liquid nitrogen a Möbius strip and aerogel

[@lit3plumber12]

+FarryEntertainment Yeah dude, these guys put a lot of work into this board and all these internet gangsters do is disrespect it. Japanese people are incredibly smart.

[@raidderrraidderr6159]

It's not easy but I'm sure it's possible

[@sirloinsteak7870]

+FarryEntertainment Not that they're spoiled. Well, I guess it's a large serving of that, mixed with the fact a lot of people would rather hope for things then stop and think before getting their hopes up. That's pretty much the only reason why disappointment is a thing.

[@prosincr]

+FarryEntertainment how are people who make these things spoiled? of course it's possible.

[@eternal5930]

0:14 Hey McFly you bojo! Those boards don't go on water! Unless you got power!!

[@THECHRISAL3X]

@2:30 mentions Flux . Me: GREAT SCOTT! MARTY! IVE GOT TO FILL The FLUX CAPACITOR !

[@cliffwong1688]

Awesome ,even seems not stable and mature enough yet, still a good try thinking in different way. We need such stimulator for the perfect product

[@WINCHESTER-9400]

if you probably put scooter handles on it and maybe a lot better like in Back to the Future 2 before it became a regular hoverboard it was a scooter board

[@johntaggart5270]

The Japanese have been doing this for years

[@doices9786]

Lexus is Japanese so...

[@dadedon305]

John Taggart lol

[@MrPBCas]

@@doices9786 there is no such thing as Lexus in Japan.... Or anywhere in the world besides USA. It's only Toyota.

[@zootnoison5967]

@@MrPBCas you're joking, right?

[@rachelle7559]

@@MrPBCas Mazda kid and Nissan

[@totallynoteverything1.]

the best way to correct the issues stabilization with the hoverboard is by giving it 4 super conductors that are spread out on another rail to make it more stable

[@Molly-bq8wy]

I really hope that hover boards or jet packs exists before 2050 it would be awesome

[@northhankspin]

OK So it's not a hover board.

[@injeolmii]

technically it is because it hovers

[@northhankspin]

+Elmr hrn lol if you can't run from Biff Tannon, then it's not a hover board

[@davinci1723]

+northhankspin lmao

[@ALIENdrifter66]

can you drive your can in it's surrounded by trees for example?? No, you need a road, the same with this

[@emmetlevasseur3503]

Its a board, and it hovers.

[@dvo23k]

wtf is lexus doing wasting their research and budget on this, instead of making their cars more refined.

[@DouglasLabatpaleye]

bro could what if we remake roads into magnets, if we can find a way to keep the magnets in the car cool, in a vacuum it wouldn't be too hard I dont know though this could be the revoloution of transportation, a long time out but still.

[@stinkiekillerdeclerck8964]

It's cheap and commercials are expensive. It might even make the news => advertising.

[@dvo23k]

Dead25m Do u wanna fight bruh?

[@DouglasLabatpaleye]

dont forget to post the fight in this comment string no more than 72 hours after the fight took place.

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

It made you watch (and most importantly, think about it) didn't it? Obviously Lexus didn't waste their money.

[@dumdropdumdrop]

controlled orientation of vibration? an ingenious feature, likely to be potential. would like to see a few considerations but it's definitely a nice effort in perhaps unprecedented calculations. unlike vaporware in software, that hoverboard indeed has future potential.

[@cristiansosa1512]

5:07 hasn't brought us any closer? You sure?

[@softykoala3763]

so i was just recommended this now

[@aboogie6164]

All it need is foot direction electric to and snow board locks to control direction and this thing can go viral

[@aboogie6164]

Genius !!!

[@ckdigitaltheqof6th210]

Its not a hoover board, its a LN2 lev-railboard, you would need pivit controller foot-pads on it, so not to tip yourself over, don't need "gallons" of liq-nitro(L N2), just a way to keep it frig or produced from outside air elements, but if you switch whats in the track for whats in the board, then you just need a portable of that on the board (if they were not the same stuff), like if the board just harnest the magnetic lev & the Track have the LN2 resources.

[@THE_UNENDING]

Person from 1980s: 2019? Wow you should be so advanced! Me: not really much farther than you

[@fhozza1105]

Todd Teh Russian Spy We are so so much more advanced in every way.

[@vrsce0178]

Yes we are. You probably weren't even born in the 80's. Lol

[@timofeycraig7910]

Well I mean, considering i the 1980's they didn't have smartphones, advanced tech and all sorts of other things, I guess you could say we're more "advanced" than them in many ways.

[@yannmergezs2820]

Vrsce how tf is that related

[@ezekieo32]

I bet this could be done easier with Pixel Magnet (Polymagnets Technology). However, the technology is still too new, everyone check it out if you haven't.

[@netstatgrep]

But what would repel it?

[@jamess3417]

so hardly a hoverboard

[@FunkyStudios]

Since your so "smart" and say its not a hoverboard, I want to see you make one yourself.

[@nonondno5552]

@@jordan_ojl now say it without crying

[@danielorourke2542]

Someone did invent a hoverboard that you can ride anywhere. Can't remember what show the demonstration was on but it was a 4×4 piece of foam with 4 high powered fans built in. They got it to go a half inch off the ground when standing on it.

[@phobiazzzero4935]

it needs to hover 1-2 inches higher off the ground

[@voidspect8435]

There should be special skateparks for hoverboards and then companies could just use the magnets that the magnetic levitation trains use

[@carldinebando4118]

🧐🧐🧐

[@bullionmaster]

true indeed. we should work on this concept together. i had the same thing in mind.

[@jeffyt886]

When you have April fools cash

[@kairi4640]

8 years and we're still nowhere close to making a true hoverboard that can go anywhere. 🙃 I really hope the materials ai discovers can finally get a company to make one someday.

[@DrewJPS]

Good luck turning left or right, or even at all.

[@lokilord1373]

XD

[@jjm3178]

Drew Layton it’s on a track you dumbfuck you don’t get to steer it

[@chrisrobbins9058]

Ain’t fooling me with the track it rides on.

[@animationspace8550]

Bro they say on this video, the original, and the website it needs a special track

[@ManofWater]

great idea looks to need a bit of work tho

[@couchpoet1]

What’s more impressive is the pouring of liquid nitrogen without protective gloves. Amazing!

[@MrRyanIsle]

Elon Musk: Hold my Cybertruck

[@zbeiman]

But can A Elephant ride it?

[@shahinaa7425]

Anything can. It's called the Meissner effect. A supercooled superconductor levitates over any magnetic surface ( the earth in this vid ) no matter how heavy it is made. Put an elephant or another earth on it, as long as the board is strong enough, it will hover.

[@MrPetePipe5000]

5yrs Later HACKSMITH made it come true.

[@simplistic9163]

*KZbin algorithm* 2015: Nah... 2016: Hoverboards? 2017: Nope... 2018: No... 2019: HoVeRbOaRdS!