Hoverboarding

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I was just thinking, If you took the trucks off a skateboard, and put magnet sheets on the bottom of it and on top of a skatepark, wouldn't that create the next step in the evolution of skateboard design? You could further bridge the gap between surfing and skating by the way pushing down on the board & ground creates a water-like "squishiness" to your turns. All you would need would be a board design that creates a little bit of opposite polarity on the tail end of the board to create a fin-like effect so the board wouldn't spin out of control during turns, and presto, you would be re-creating scenes straight out of Back to the Future part 2. I've got the feeling that Donovan Frankenreiter's "UFO" surfboard design would do the trick just fine, but the ammount of research into the long term effects of over-exposure to too much magnetism might be too great for any aspiring entrepreneur to make a move towards patenting this. Then there would also be the risk of getting sued by someone who might get raped at this magnetic skatepark by having a large metal object placed on top of them which might deter people from trying to patent this idea, but still, think of all the cool things that could come as a result: Magnetic helmets to prevent kids from hitting their heads too hard on the ground, new technologies in automotive energy and roadways (green parties rejoice), even new and more efficient ways in achieving flight in airplanes. I do believe there are trains which use this technology allready, so i'm wondering, how long will it take for someone to step up and start creating this new form of transportation. I feel I could have started it, but like I said, I don't want to be held liable for people coming down with brain tumors or becoming raped at my creation, so I thought it would be best to just put the idea out there and see where it goes. Hopefully it'll turn out like I said, and there will be a new revolution in transportation in the near future, but even if it doesn't, it wouldn't hurt to see someone put my idea into action and experiment around with it. So yeah, hoverboarding, there you go.

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You Need Some Sleep, That Is Out There Buddy.

[BrianSB]

Those would have to be EXTREMELY potent and powerful magnets

[Major]

Good idea. But what I'm more interested in is where you purchase your ganja

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You Need Some Sleep, That Is Out There Buddy.

I know. I woke up at three yesterday morning and couldn't go back to sleep so I just started writing.

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Good idea. But what I'm more interested in is where you purchase your ganja

At the club. Funny how I finished the post at 4:20 exactly, I wasnt even keeping track of time when I wrote it.

[morgan]

interesting...i like the idea of donny's ufo...are you dabbling in peyote?

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interesting...i like the idea of donny's ufo...are you dabbling in peyote?

No.

[Raihn Costa Rica]

In my previous life (before moving to Costa Rica) I was an engineer at a company called Superconductor Technologies. To create the "hover board" you could do it using superconductors and magnets. Basically, a superconductor, when cooled below Tc, will create a mirror image of a magnetic field when a magnet is placed over it. So, you create a giant magnetic surface using the strongest magnets possible, then you manufacture a superconducting board (it will need to be cooled below Tc so this will add some complexity and weight) and then you can "hover" over the surface. However, turning could be a problem.

So who's in for helping create this project?

-Kurt

http://superconductors.org/Uses.htm

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However, turning could be a problem.

http://superconductors.org/Uses.htm

That's what the Donavan Frankenreiter board is about. It is basically a twin fin, only the fins are molded to the board in a more streamlined manner, technically making it a "no fin". I'm pretty sure the change in polarity acorss the tail region of the board will have the same dragging effect as a fin on a real surfboard/wave. Put weight on the front of the board, and the board will float and spin out during turns. Put weight on the back of the board, and it will stick to the ground an keep you locked in. Pretty simple I think.

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Good and bad news for my hoverboarding idea. First, the bad news: Strong magnetic fields are used in MRI's/CAT scans/brain x-rays and over exposure to this form of radiation does indeed fry your brain. And now the good news: the world is a gigantic magnet, so mabye there would be a way around lawsuit mongers by using this as a defense.