Who hasn’t wished at some point that they could take a spin on Marty McFly’s hoverboard from Back to the Future II? The hoverboard may not be an actual form of transportation yet, but French artist Nils Guadagnin has built a working replica of McFly’s floating board for an exhibition entitled, appropriately enough, “Back to the Future”.
The hoverboard features an electromagnetic system that allows it to levitate as well as a laser system that stabilizes the object. Guadagnin explains, “In the making of this work, I was thinking about different ways of presenting sculpture. In fact it’s a reflexion on the multiple possibilities of how to give a sculpture full spatial autonomy.”
Unfortunately the artist’s board can’t hold enough weight for people to actually ride it, but one day we’d love to see hoverboards operating much like Maglev trains — just hop on and let it take you to your destination!
Via Popular Science
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Hey Rolf,
Read the article. Of course it only works on the stand…
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Wow…I remember when I was very young and Back to the future II came out and I saw the hoverboard. I remember every trip to Toys R Us and every other toy store looking for it (being too young to realize it wasn\\\\\\\’t real).
If I had a dime for every time I came here.. Incredible article.
The Belgian arist Panamarenko did something like this in 1985 in museum de Vleeshal, Middelburg, Nederland. A levitating bronze leaf, a study of a monument for Anthony Fokker. It needed an powercord as thick as an tire for a mountainbike though. An impressive feat nevertheless.
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Bet it only hovers on the stand, in which case it’s nothing special.