The inventor’s name is Greg Henderson and he is the founder at Arx Pax. He states that he’s an architect first and foremost. This technology is powered by Lenz’s Law which states:
If an induced current flows, its direction is always such that it will oppose the change which produced it.
The humble inventor says he had to google it himself. This hoverboard won’t work on a regular surface and instead will need some type of metallic compound or element. In this case he constructed the floating skate park like structure with copper. The Hendo Hoverboard project is on kickstarter. Here is an excerpt from one of the more spirited comments by Monkee Supremacy:
It’s noisy, it’s expensive, it’s restrictive, even the simplest jump would damage the magnets on landing. This kind of a hoverboard could have been build a long time ago if anyone thought that people would be interested in buying it. It doesn’t take “thinking outside the box” to put a few magnets under a board and a copper floor underneath them. I am a Back To The Future fan as much as anybody but the actual hoverboards will not be based on magnets and they are a long way away. Say no silliness
I think this seems to have promise and may take some senior engineers to contribute. Btw they also are giving access somewhat to their “hover engine” for engineers and it costs $300.
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