People are flying all sorts of things these days:<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>—<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/flyboard-blows-away-previous-hoverboard-flight-record\" target=\"_d\">Flyboard Blows Away Previous Hoverboard Flight Record\u00a0-Popular Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/this-is-the-hoverboard-weve-all-been-dreaming-of-1774176409\" target=\"_d\">This Is The Hoverboard We’ve All Been Dreaming Of – Jalopnik<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zapata-racing.com\/en\/\">Franky Zapata<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/esUogzafUug?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&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><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\/hsn-qWB4Ey4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&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> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 — Flyboard Blows Away Previous Hoverboard Flight Record\u00a0-Popular Science This Is The Hoverboard We’ve All Been Dreaming Of – Jalopnik Franky Zapata <\/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-12585","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-3gZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10841,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10841","url_meta":{"origin":12585,"position":0},"title":"Video: Catalin Alexandru Duru sets “hoverboard” distance record","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This video has been out for a month or so but I just saw it. Don't know if the flying platform\u00a0will develop into a practical recreational system but it's quite an impressive technical accomplishment regardless:\u00a0Video: Watch incredible footage of farthest flight by a hoverboard record set by Canada's Catalin Alexandru\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Science and Technology"","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\/Bfa9HrieUyQ\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11159,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11159","url_meta":{"origin":12585,"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 "Science and Technology"","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":10825,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10825","url_meta":{"origin":12585,"position":2},"title":"Sci-Tech: US Army supporting development of the Malloy Hoverbike","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Malloy Aeronautics\u00a0of the UK and\u00a0SURVICE Engineering Company\u00a0in the state of Maryland\u00a0are teaming on development of the Malloy Hoverbike under a US Army\u00a0grant. 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They have more than\u00a0doubled\u00a0their \u00a330,000\u00a0goal in a Kickstarter campaign to cover marketing the drone :\u00a0Hoverbike by Chris Malloy \u2014 Kickstarter The objective of this campaign is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Science and Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8736,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8736","url_meta":{"origin":12585,"position":4},"title":"Sci-Tech: Levitation for fun and profits","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a survey of various\u00a0cool techniques for levitating objects and the efforts to commercialize them :\u00a0Can levitating appliances take off? - CNN.com * One project is the Malloy hoverbike that I mentioned here the other day: * Magnetic magic from\u00a0CREALEV: http:\/\/youtu.be\/1gMMM62NC-4 http:\/\/youtu.be\/KNUMOKpEybY http:\/\/youtu.be\/m7Pyy0NUO6E * A levitating speaker from\u00a0Om Audio\u00a0: http:\/\/youtu.be\/XCfhdmC7oMY\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Science and Technology"","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\/1gMMM62NC-4\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14982,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14982","url_meta":{"origin":12585,"position":5},"title":"Sci-Tech: Boeing GoFly Prize for personal flying devices + Videos of personal flying devices","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Boeing is sponsoring the\u00a0GoFly Prize We\u2019re calling on all inventors and doers to make human flight a reality by building the world\u2019s first personal flying device for anyone, anywhere. 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