Dale The Ram Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Finally a news thread we can all like It is finally here... THE HOVERBOARD!!! This is the technology it uses.................. I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Until they invent the hooverboard and I can buy one for the missus, I'm Ron Bothered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale The Ram Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Until they invent the hooverboard and I can buy one for the missus, I'm Ron Bothered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 That tech is awesome. But it needs a track. The hover board didn't need a track. So how dey do dat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale The Ram Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 That tech is awesome. But it needs a track. The hover board didn't need a track. So how dey do dat?Thought the same but who knows what these guys have done since 2011 (2nd video) but the principle of quantum locking does require a track (magnet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 They built the skate park, it has tracks just underneath the surface. Also the amount of liquid nitrogen required is a bit high to make this practical. Cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Had to watch silently, so not sure how much they explain it but it's basically a Halbach magnetic array. My company has been working with them over the last year or so. Cool to watch but impractical and expensive to produce - for the moment at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Almost certain the guy holding the camera in the second video if Jeff Goldblum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 They reckon Hitler developed some amazing anti gravity machines, amongst other things. Scary really if that was over 70 years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale The Ram Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 They reckon Hitler developed some amazing anti gravity machines, amongst other things. Scary really if that was over 70 years ago... Watched a documentary on Die Glocke or something similar, basically the Nazis attempted to create a UFO. Didn't succeed due to losing the war but they think they know where its located but they say its likely destroyed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Glocke heres a link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 They reckon Hitler developed some amazing anti gravity machines, amongst other things. Scary really if that was over 70 years ago...Engineering achievements of Nazi Germany are grossly exaggerated in modern times, for different reasons. Don't get me wrong, they had some terrific engineers working within their midst, but there wasn't much sci-fi going on. The pinnacle of the engineering achievement was probably the P.1000 (landkreuzer) which never actually got made, but has been proved to be sound from a design perspective.It was essentially a vast 20-41 crew tank with a Naval guns on it. Was cancelled because they were concerned about the vulnerability of something that big. Still impressive though.Most of the theoretical engineers and scientists, and when I say most I mean 60% or so were Jewish, and so fled in the early-mid 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale The Ram Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Engineering achievements of Nazi Germany are grossly exaggerated in modern times, for different reasons. Don't get me wrong, they had some terrific engineers working within their midst, but there wasn't much sci-fi going on. The pinnacle of the engineering achievement was probably the P.1000 (landkreuzer) which never actually got made, but has been proved to be sound from a design perspective.It was essentially a vast 20-41 crew tank with a Naval guns on it. Was cancelled because they were concerned about the vulnerability of something that big. Still impressive though.Most of the theoretical engineers and scientists, and when I say most I mean 60% or so were Jewish, and so fled in the early-mid 30s.Creating the V2 rocket was no small feat and actually a big stepping stone in technology.If you believe in operation paperclip technically the Space race was mainly a Nazi Scientist experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Creating the V2 rocket was no small feat and actually a big stepping stone in technology. If you believe in operation paperclip technically the Space race was mainly a Nazi Scientist experiment. Yes, I meant to start my post with the word "Most", which is true. I'm aware they did some impressive stuff, the V2 included. Also, I suppose I should expand my focus on "engineering" to include scientific work as that is the most commonly exaggerated stuff. Sometimes I forget I'm not on twitter and I can actually go into more detail. Or maybe I just choose not to. Who knows. Anyway my father worked as a WW2 historian for a while, specialising in technological advancement, so while a great deal was done that was hugely impressive from many of the organisations involved in the war, the amount that is exaggerated riles me up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale The Ram Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Yes, I meant to start my post with the word "Most", which is true. I'm aware they did some impressive stuff, the V2 included. Also, I suppose I should expand my focus on "engineering" to include scientific work as that is the most commonly exaggerated stuff. Sometimes I forget I'm not on twitter and I can actually go into more detail. Or maybe I just choose not to. Who knows. Anyway my father worked as a WW2 historian for a while, specialising in technological advancement, so while a great deal was done that was hugely impressive from many of the organisations involved in the war, the amount that is exaggerated riles me up a bit. Wow would've loved to do somet like that. My Grandad and Great Grandad were in WW2 (great granddad WW1 as well) Would've loved to have talked to them about it but they both passed away before I was hatched/landed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Yeah, my paternal granddad was actually a pacifist, so he did a lot of forestry and environmental stuff during the war. After the war he joined... an organisation that he became the chair of (and my dad would kill me for forgetting this much about him) and went into Europe for a decade or so to help do relief work for refugees and find displaced families new homes etc. His funeral was full of the younger generations of European war refugees he'd helped, which was really touching.My maternal granddad was in the war I think, but like you was dead before I was born. His brother went MIA as a navigator in a Lancaster, which is thought to have crashed at sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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