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Hoverboards on the horizon?

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back to the future hoverboardApparently we still need another 17 Jaws sequels before we catch up to Back To The Future Part 2. Or do we? Nike has already created Marty McFly’s sneakers and now it seems science is pointing the way and the future of the hover board draws near…

At least that’s what it seems like when you first watch this video footage courtesy of the Association of Science-Technology Centres (ASTC).

It shows the Tel-Aviv University demoing quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field.

For an explanation of the physics behind this demonstration, visit this site