Lexus finally presented his hoverboard in a new video after Tease it there a few months. The video shows a professional skateboarder known as Ross McGouran few other friends, and obviously the hoverboard in a skate park designed - which, of course, reminds us back to the future, especially when it is levitating on water.
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But while this video is fun to watch, what could be more interesting to see is the technology behind it. Previously, Lexus said the smoke hoverboard uses liquid nitrogen to keep the superconducting quite cold plate to create levitation.
In a detailed video, seen below, the company revealed that the team has 403 days from conception to the final construction, to create a viable hoverboard , which now weighs 11.5 kg.
Although it is still not a real hoverboard, in the sense that it only works on the "Hoverpark" of society (so no, you will not be able to choose one for your next outing at skate park ), the technology is still pretty impressive. Lexus says the hoverboard has an insulating layer that houses blocks of high-temperature superconductors in "cryostats", or liquid nitrogen tanks. There are 32 blocks for superconductors, and about 23 kg of liquid nitrogen in the hoverboard.
Liquid nitrogen cools the superconducting -197 ° C - this is the operating temperature, thus clearing the smoke you see in the video.
When the board is cooled and placed on the Lexus Hoverpark, which contains permanent magnets, a magnetic force is generated to lift and maintain the height of a hover.
You can see their making of video:
See also : Angry Birds 2 reached 10 million downloads in three days
But while this video is fun to watch, what could be more interesting to see is the technology behind it. Previously, Lexus said the smoke hoverboard uses liquid nitrogen to keep the superconducting quite cold plate to create levitation.
Although it is still not a real hoverboard, in the sense that it only works on the "Hoverpark" of society (so no, you will not be able to choose one for your next outing at skate park ), the technology is still pretty impressive. Lexus says the hoverboard has an insulating layer that houses blocks of high-temperature superconductors in "cryostats", or liquid nitrogen tanks. There are 32 blocks for superconductors, and about 23 kg of liquid nitrogen in the hoverboard.
When the board is cooled and placed on the Lexus Hoverpark, which contains permanent magnets, a magnetic force is generated to lift and maintain the height of a hover.
You can see their making of video:
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