I just realised that the budget end smart phone from which I'm posting this has more than ten times the m3g4hertz of the desktop PC from which I first ventured onto the internet superhighway. Does that scare anyone else? Some of this stuff belongs on star trek, not in my jeans pocket!

0800 xtreme free dialup ftw

Quote from: matt5cott on January 02, 2012, 00:12:06 AM
0800 xtreme free dialup ftw

Only 3 more years away. Trainers have been done.

That could be done now with electromagnetics. You would need some coils or high power magnets embedded in the pavement to create one side of the field though.

Quote from: neXus on January 02, 2012, 03:32:46 AM

Quote from: matt5cott on January 02, 2012, 00:12:06 AM
0800 xtreme free dialup ftw

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Only 3 more years away. Trainers have been done.

Quote from: Serious on January 02, 2012, 11:32:19 AM
That could be done now with electromagnetics. You would need some coils or high power magnets embedded in the pavement to create one side of the field though.

Quote from: neXus on January 02, 2012, 03:32:46 AM

Quote from: matt5cott on January 02, 2012, 00:12:06 AM
0800 xtreme free dialup ftw

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Only 3 more years away. Trainers have been done.

...See the quantum levitation thread

Quote from: XEntity on January 04, 2012, 12:41:47 PM

...See the quantum levitation thread

Seen, still uses magnetics, although at a very low temperature. You couldn't keep that going in something as small as a 'hoverboard'. You would also get a vapour trail and it would be very expensive.

It is also suspicious as to if their 'demonstration' is real or not. What I'm talking about is the same tech that powers maglev trains. Those are already being made now and all it would require is some miniaturisation.

Unfortunately neither would give you full surface movement as yet, both would limit the use to a track.