Human-carrying drone manufacturer Hoversurf, a tech company based in San Francisco, has built the world’s first fully-manned hoverbike that uses a set of front and back propellers. The Scorpion-3 single-seat allows riders to navigate in the air as if they were a motorbike, and can stay airborne for up to 27 minutes. The video below… Continue reading Hoverbike Scorpion-3
Tag: Levitation Device
Levitating Cup: Gravity Defying Glasses
Levitating Cup is a gravity defying glass trick that will impress your guests. The glass is designed to levitate above a portable metallic base, so it can appear to float weightlessly in mid-air. Chicago-based startup company launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to bring the product to market. They raised $27,880 of its $50,000… Continue reading Levitating Cup: Gravity Defying Glasses
Homemade Hoverbike
Inventor Colin Furze built a homemade hover bike controlled by two control bars that allows the flying machine to respond to a human pilot’s leaning movements and natural sense of balance. The crazy inventor succeeded in making the bike hover off the ground. Watch the video below.
Flyboard Air Hoverboard
Zapata Racing created a hoverboard, called Flyboard Air that has enough power to fly autonomously for 10 minutes with a ceiling of 3,048 meters (10,000 feet), and reach a top speed of 150 km/h (93,2 mp/h). The Flyboard Air was tested over water because of how dangerously high it can fly. Watch the video below.
Lexus Has Created a Real Hoverboard
Lexus claims to have made a real working hoverboard that uses electromagnets and liquid nitrogen to float. The levitating board called Slide, and was tested at a specially-made skate park near Barcelona. Working with a team of scientists, Lexus took more than a year to work on the concept of the magnetic levitation hoverboard. To… Continue reading Lexus Has Created a Real Hoverboard
Man Sets World Record For Longest Hoverboard Flight
Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru set a new Guinness World Record for farthest journey by hoverboard. Travelling 275.9 m (905 ft 2 in) at Lake Ouareau in Quebec, Canada on 25 August 2014. Duru spent 12 months working on his designs until he created this prototype. The hoverboard can be used anywhere, but is usually tested… Continue reading Man Sets World Record For Longest Hoverboard Flight
Flyte: Levitating Light Bulb
FLYTE is a levitating light, which hovers by magnetic levitation and is powered through the air. It’s designed in Sweden and is made using sustainable wood like oak, ash, and walnut. The bulb uses energy efficient LED lighting that is good for 50,000 hours of life. That means you could run this light 12 hours… Continue reading Flyte: Levitating Light Bulb
World’s First Real-Life Hoverboard By Hendo
Inventor Greg Henderson, at Hendo, has created an actual, functional real-life hoverboard, which uses “magnetic field architecture” to levitate people and objects above special surfaces. The hover engine developer kits are now available on Kickstarter with a $250,000 goal, which has so far raised more than $299,430. Watch the video below. via: The Verge