Last June, Lexus released a video on their website which featured something that was straight from a sci-fi movie-A Hoverboard. The Lexus Hoverboard called Slide was presented in a short video however, it only showed that the board could stay afloat and there are many who doubt that the board is the real deal.
Lexus has created a hoverboard by teaming up with Superconductor experts and now this news has made everyone excited to buy one. Sadly, it looks like the Slide won't be coming to stores anytime soon. The prototype shown in the video, as stated by Northumberland News, is wrapped in a design that is uniquely Lexus, the Hoverboard features the iconic Lexus spindle grille signature shape and uses materials found in the luxury car brand, from the high tech to natural bamboo. Bamboo is quite durable and lightweight making it ideal for the Slide.
The video is quite unbelievable because generally it showed a floating piece of wood. Wired says: "A scant 37 seconds of Hoverboard hype that almost prompts more skepticism than excitement. A bamboo and carbon fiber skateboard, emitting wisps of smoke, levitates an inch or two off of what appears to be a concrete surface. A foot approaches as if to mount and ride-and then nothing. We cut away. That's not a lot to put one's faith in. We're barely a year past the most recent convincing Hoverboard hoax...."
At the official website, Lexus explains how they turned this into a reality: "The Lexus Hoverboard uses magnetic levitation to achieve amazing frictionless movement. Liquid nitrogen cooled Superconductors and permanent magnets combine to allow Lexus to create the impossible. The Slide won't be available in stores anytime soon is mainly because of how expensive its components are. Superconductors and Liquid Nitrogen definitely don't come cheap so we may have to wait several decades before getting our hands on one of these.
The Slide is a project by Lexus which is to create a working Hoverboard for fricyionless movement. The Hoverboard uses Liquid Nitrogen to make its Superconductors function.
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