I want my flying machine

02 NOV 2009 | Posted By: LifeloungeStaff

There's not a kid alive that wouldn't have sacrificed their left testicle or pinky for a Hoverboard after seeing Marty McFly defy gravity in the Back To The Future trilogy. That vision of a future (that was actually suppose to be about six years from now) promised of a world of cars that fly and run on garbage, holograms that leap from billboards and a whole lot of technology that feel like we're decades away from experiencing. Disappointing isn't it?

Let's look at what our best personal flying machine options are at the moment. We recently came across an Australian personal hovercraft called Airboard which for $14 thousand can float you on a cushion of air at speeds of up to 25kmh. Sounds promising right? Well, don't get your hopes up as the machine is bulky, looks somewhat awkward and, in reality, can't take you anywhere that a push bike couldn't. One of its key failings is that it can only travel across hard ground, so visions of gliding across water or the sand on the beach will never be a reality. Fail. Anyway...

Airboard.

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