{"id":10841,"date":"2015-06-25T12:36:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T16:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10841"},"modified":"2015-06-25T12:36:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T16:36:15","slug":"video-catalin-alexandru-duru-sets-hoverboard-distance-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10841","title":{"rendered":"Video: Catalin Alexandru Duru sets &#8220;hoverboard&#8221; distance record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video has been out for a month or so but I just saw it. Don&#8217;t know if the flying platform\u00a0will develop into a practical recreational system but it&#8217;s quite an impressive technical accomplishment regardless:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/news\/2015\/5\/video-watch-incredible-footage-of-farthest-flight-by-a-hoverboard-record-set-by-379420\" target=\"_d\">Video: Watch incredible footage of farthest flight by a hoverboard record set by Canada&#8217;s Catalin Alexandru Duru &#8211;\u00a0Guinness World Records<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bfa9HrieUyQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video has been out for a month or so but I just saw it. Don&#8217;t know if the flying platform\u00a0will develop into a practical recreational system but it&#8217;s quite an impressive technical accomplishment regardless:\u00a0Video: Watch incredible footage of farthest flight by a hoverboard record set by Canada&#8217;s Catalin Alexandru Duru &#8211;\u00a0Guinness World Records &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2OR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12585,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12585","url_meta":{"origin":10841,"position":0},"title":"SciTech: Hoverbike takes off + Jet powered hoverboard breaks Guinness record","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"People are flying all sorts of things these days: This guy built a working hoverbike and somehow managed to not chop his legs off -\u00a0TechCrunch Colin Furze\u00a0 https:\/\/youtu.be\/soxxPyaAT1k --- Flyboard Blows Away Previous Hoverboard Flight Record\u00a0-Popular Science This Is The Hoverboard We've All Been Dreaming Of - Jalopnik Franky Zapata\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/soxxPyaAT1k\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11159,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11159","url_meta":{"origin":10841,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Lexus Hoverboard + Tesla Snakebot charger + Solving a General Fusion problem","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Some misc. cool tech stories today: A real hoverboard built with\u00a0high-temperature superconductors and flying above a special track with magnets:\u00a0Lexus maglev hoverboard: 20 minutes of magic in a skatepark -\u00a0ExtremeTech https:\/\/youtu.be\/awAzM9kTvC0 === A big advantage of an electric car is that you can top off the battery every night\u00a0with a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/awAzM9kTvC0\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14383,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14383","url_meta":{"origin":10841,"position":2},"title":"Video: Carl Sagan, Ann Drujan, and the Voyagers","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A nicely made video homage\u00a0from Penny Lane to\u00a0Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan and the Voyager missions:\u00a0A film about Carl Sagan, Annie Druyan and a love letter they sent to the stars | Aeon Videos\u00a0- https:\/\/vimeo.com\/13087961 A film about Carl Sagan, Annie Druyan and a love letter they sent to the stars\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space films and videos&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space films and videos","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=39"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11640,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11640","url_meta":{"origin":10841,"position":3},"title":"Videos: Views of Hurricane Patricia from space","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Space videos of hurricane Patricia: * NASA\/NOAA video -\u00a0NASA Analyzes Record-Breaking Hurricane Patricia -\u00a0NASA\u00a0- great images as well. 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