That date is special in the realms of geekdom, and here’s why – it’s the exact day that hoverboard-riding Marty McFly travelled to in “Back to the Future 2″.
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“Getting Tony’s feedback made a huge difference in our design approach”, said co-founder and CEO Greg Henderson during release. But the Hendo hoverboard still isn’t exactly the free range sci-fi wonder we see in the film.
And this coming October 21, the tech firm Arx Pax is expected to unveil a second version of its Hendo Hoverboard.
And now from the hoverboard beat: Arx Pax, the company behind the wide-ranging Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA) technology, has unveiled its Hendo 2.0 hoverboard, built in collaboration with skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.
Henderson continues: “We’ve all heard of wearables; it’s time to start thinking about moveables”. These adjustments will hopefully help people do more with the board than spin and float helplessly.
Sleeker profile and improved balance due to advanced engine design that employs a modular MFA array for enhanced performance. Arx Pax says the new board will have a skateboard-like deck with its hover-engines mounted on a mechanism not unlike traditional skateboard trucks to offer a rider better control.
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All of that should make for a much better hoverboard, but the hope for Arx Pax is to eventually use the hovering technology in more practical applications-like protecting buildings from natural disaster damage and making Elon Musk’s hyperloop transportation system a reality. “Skateboarders understand how trucks work, so essentially our Kickstarter backers will be able to modify them and change the trucks to their liking for harder or softer turning radiuses”.
