I feel that this is more of an ad for their company than a real product that brings in money. Even in the video the guy says that ``this will prove that we can engineer the future''.
and my car can drive faster and gives me much more functionality than this... I hope this happens to be improved we need some back to the future hover boards...
It feels like they put a lot of efforts to make the presentation look like an Apple presentation when their product seems clumsy and not-so-usable... The result is meh. :/
I'm not sure what you mean, this is totally disrupting the world of static hoverboards.
ARCA are all about making the world a better place. How many times have you thought: if only I could be truly free, if only I could hover in place, then I would be able to achieve all my dreams?
If they accepted bitcoin I would not hesitate to order one.
Reverse-engineer 36 fans strapped to a box with batteries?
The only thing that could have been worth reverse engineering is the stabilization system but its clear from the video that it is not stable and its hard for even the "CEO" to balance on it.
Wow it hurts to read that site. Even highly compensated nerds are going to be hard pressed to shell out $24K for that thing and its charging dock. I could see getting one and then renting it to trade shows where you ride it around and the vendor gets all the foot traffic, but actually using it for anything?
One thing that kept coming to my mind while watching the video: "Why the hell does this guy try so hard to balance himself on that huge thing?" Hoverboards in back to the future are are small like skateboards so that's why they have to stand on it, but this one is more like a magic carpet than a hoverboard, and if you watch Aladdin, this is how they ride a magic carpet: http://www.animationsensations.com/media/catalog/product/cac... Instead of half-assing the skateboard metaphor they should just own that magic carpet direction and go all out.
I'd say it's more of a levitating mattress than a hoverboard. :) The guy from the videos looks like he's tightrope walking when he's trying to balance himself atop of this thing. Quite obvious that the product isn't ready for prime time and I don't understand how they can sell this yet.
Assuming this is real, are there any other hoverboard prototypes yet or is this the first? A bit of miniaturization of fans and batteries and better active stabilization, and this could start looking like the hoverboard concept from science fiction! Although, I don't think the problem of noise level can be resolved.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 21.4 ms ] threadARCA are all about making the world a better place. How many times have you thought: if only I could be truly free, if only I could hover in place, then I would be able to achieve all my dreams?
If they accepted bitcoin I would not hesitate to order one.
Oh and it lets you move about a foot per minute if you try really hard to keep it stable.
The only thing that could have been worth reverse engineering is the stabilization system but its clear from the video that it is not stable and its hard for even the "CEO" to balance on it.
http://thumbsnap.com/i/7aninkHz.png?1226
Some next-level "parody" work there.