"John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>My guess is that it is a modification on the "Hoverboards" seen in the
>movie "Back to the Future Part II." IIRC, the Hoverboards were actual
>working models, that were banned because of safety concerns, that the movie
>types managed to get their hands on it. At the time, I heard that there
>were plans to debut a mass-market version in the early 2000's.
>
>The only thing that does not add up about my theory is the culture-changing
>aspects.
And that the filmmakers interviewed for that "The Making of BTTF2" special
were kidding. You really think someone could possibly invent an antigravity
device* and sit on the idea for 15 years because it might be used to make
dangerous kids toys?
They used wires and trick shots, they just did a pretty good job.
Joshua
* Or any quiet, self-contained device massing less than 10kg capable of
holding a 100kg mass 10 cm off an irregular or liquid surface while moving
at high speed. There are furniture/equipment movers that lift very heavy
things a few mm off a flat solid surface by using air pressure, but that's
not what the movie portrayed.
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