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One thing that kept coming to my mind while watching the video: "Why the hell does this guy try so hard to balance himself on that huge thing?" Hoverboards in back to the future are are small like skateboards so that's why they have to stand on it, but this one is more like a magic carpet than a hoverboard, and if you watch Aladdin, this is how they ride a magic carpet: http://www.animationsensations.com/media/catalog/product/cac... Instead of half-assing the skateboard metaphor they should just own that magic carpet direction and go all out.

I imagine sitting down might choke off air flow to some of the fans. They could widen it.

$20,000 for a device (with a $4500 dock) that lets you hover a few inches off the ground for 6 minutes at a time.

Oh and it lets you move about a foot per minute if you try really hard to keep it stable.

It's worth that much if you want reverse-engineer it

Reverse-engineer 36 fans strapped to a box with batteries?

The only thing that could have been worth reverse engineering is the stabilization system but its clear from the video that it is not stable and its hard for even the "CEO" to balance on it.

I can't take that video seriously. It's like a parody of itself...

It feels like they put a lot of efforts to make the presentation look like an Apple presentation when their product seems clumsy and not-so-usable... The result is meh. :/

I'm not sure what you mean, this is totally disrupting the world of static hoverboards.

ARCA are all about making the world a better place. How many times have you thought: if only I could be truly free, if only I could hover in place, then I would be able to achieve all my dreams?

If they accepted bitcoin I would not hesitate to order one.

I'd say it's more of a levitating mattress than a hoverboard. :) The guy from the videos looks like he's tightrope walking when he's trying to balance himself atop of this thing. Quite obvious that the product isn't ready for prime time and I don't understand how they can sell this yet.

That has to be loud as hell.

Assuming this is real, are there any other hoverboard prototypes yet or is this the first? A bit of miniaturization of fans and batteries and better active stabilization, and this could start looking like the hoverboard concept from science fiction! Although, I don't think the problem of noise level can be resolved.

Wow it hurts to read that site. Even highly compensated nerds are going to be hard pressed to shell out $24K for that thing and its charging dock. I could see getting one and then renting it to trade shows where you ride it around and the vendor gets all the foot traffic, but actually using it for anything?

ArcaBoard, the hoverboard nobody wants™

I feel that this is more of an ad for their company than a real product that brings in money. Even in the video the guy says that ``this will prove that we can engineer the future''.

The board looks restarted but the company's other products look interesting. Thoughts?

the fact that the control interface only exist as 3d renders raises a red flag

this looks extremely slow and hard to ride

It wouldn't be slow if you rode it going down a hill ;)

This is obviously a parody (actually funny one : maybe a little over the top). Is no one picking this up?

A parody with a working $25000, Shopify-powered order page?

http://thumbsnap.com/i/7aninkHz.png?1226

Some next-level "parody" work there.

Setting up a Shopify store takes little to no effort. Not saying this is a scam, but something something about a fool and his money.

Hmm. No steering...

This costs more than my car.

and my car can drive faster and gives me much more functionality than this... I hope this happens to be improved we need some back to the future hover boards...

Those seem to be what everyone wants. Maybe someday.

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