It’s either a well-executed, media swamping hoax, or humanity just mastered antigravity.
HUVr, a technology effort growing from the MIT Physics Graduate Program, announced today it had perfected the hover board — or, obviously, HUVr Board, in this case. The HUVr Team isn’t making it clear how it works. We don’t know how high it can go, how riders prevent themselves from bouncing their skulls off the pavement or how long it can stay aloft.
Most importantly, we don’t know yet if it’s real or some well-designed hoax.
A visit to the HUVr website shows images of their boards and multiple videos of their staff and celebrities like Billy Zane and original Back to the Future star Christopher Lloyd presenting antigravity flight. Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and former All-Pro NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens are on the record trying out a HUVr and attesting it’s all real.
Still, there are more red flags flying over this story than are closing in on the Ukraine right now. There’s vague talk of Mag Force Charter tech, but not much in the way of explaining how the HUVr’s magnetic force interacts with grass, concrete, gravel, etc. How does a rider propel the board forward without contact with the ground? If this technology is out in the world, how is not already locked down in some military intel skunk works somewhere?
And, seriously, Bill Zane?
Time will tell if this is an invention that will change the world or a creative trick. If it’s the latter, we’ll have to wait and see who the farce benefits and why it’s out there.
