Advertisement
The School Newspaper of Franklin High School

Pantherbook

Advertisement
The School Newspaper of Franklin High School

Pantherbook

The School Newspaper of Franklin High School

Pantherbook

Back to the Future 2: Hoverboards Become Reality

Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads- due to our newest advances in technology.

In the second “Back to the Future” movie, Marty McFly and Doc travel in their DeLorean time machine to the year 2015. According to the movie, next year we should have some awesome new methods of transportation- including hoverboards.

It appears that the 1989 film’s visions are becoming a reality, for the company HendoHover has just released a working prototype of a hoverboard.

While the hoverboard has a couple flaws,such as only being able to fly over smooth metal,  the battery only lasting seven minutes, and the price of 10,000 dollars, who knows how common the hoverboard may be by the year 2015.

HendoHover has turned to larger companies to fund them, and also to open places to ride them like Hoverboard skateparks. How fun would that be?

How does the hoverboard work? “The magic behind the hoverboard lies in its four disc-shaped hover engines. These create a special magnetic field which literally pushes against itself, generating the lift which levitates our board off the ground.” says the company’s kickstarter campaign.

Maybe some of the other Back to the Future inventions will be here before we know it!

About the Contributor
Devyn Forcina, Editor
Devyn has wanted to be a writer since she was seven years old. When she was a freshman in high school, she started writing for Pantherbook, primarily covering school and club news. In addition to Pantherbook, Devyn is a founder and Co-President of FHS’ American Sign Language Club, is a Peer Leader, and is a member of the Spanish National Honors Society. Devyn plans on majoring in English in college next year to pursue her passion for writing.