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A hoverboard (or hover board) is a fictional levitating board used for personal transportation, first described in science-fiction, and made famous by the appearance of a skateboard-like hoverboard in the film Back to the Future Part II. Many attempts have been made to invent a functioning hoverboard.
Signals can be in the form of blasts on alarm bells, sounds on the ship's whistle or code names paged over the PA system. Alpha, alpha, alpha is the code for a medical emergency aboard Royal Caribbean and Norwegian ships. [1] Alpha Team, Alpha Team, Alpha Team is the code for a fire emergency aboard Carnival Cruise Line ships.
A self-balancing scooter (also hoverboard, self-balancing board, segway, [1] swegway or electric scooter board) is a self-balancing personal transporter consisting of two motorized wheels connected to a pair of articulated pads on which the rider places their feet. The rider controls the speed by leaning forward or backward, and direction of ...
In February 2012, a provisional patent application was filed for the Hovertrax. [3] The patent was granted in 2014. The Hovertrax was released to the public in 2013.
The hoverboard is 145 cm long and 76 cm wide, is made of aerospace grade composite materials and weighs up to 82 kg, depending on the version. It is equipped with 36 high power electric ducted fans that spin at 45,000 rotations per minute and generate up to 272 hp.
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Super Back to the Future Part II (1993) – Super Famicom (Japan-only release); a side-scroller in which the player controls Marty on the hoverboard while he battles enemies [2] [3] Back to the Future: Blitz Through Time (2010) – Facebook; Flash game to promote Back to the Future: The Game. [4] [5]
The main focus of the demonstration is the levitation of the hoverboard, which was achieved through the use of superconductors inside the board and a magnetic track. The board itself was made of bamboo and carbon fibre support structures. [9] The board had 32 yttrium barium copper oxide superconductors cooled by liquid nitrogen. [10]