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What Is This Fake Hoverboard Company Actually Promoting?

In 1989 the director of Back to the Future II went on TV and declared that hoverboards were real. “They’ve been around for years, it’s just that parents’ groups have not let the toy manufacturers make them,” Robert Zemeckis insisted. “But we got our hands on some and we put them in the movie.” This,…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 4

I Love This Little Girl Who Wants to Make a Hoverboard After Watching Back to the Future II

This short film, “Hoverboard”, is about a girl and her teddy bear trying to create a hoverboard after watching Back to the Future II. I can totally relate to her because I was trying to make my own hoverboard really hover just last month. You’re an inspiration girl! Written and directed by Sydney Freeland, the…

Movies Casey Chan Apr 5

Watch Hoverboard an entire short film dedicated to the wonder of Back to the Future II

Remember the first time you played Jurassic Park raptor kitchen or blew up the Death Star from your backyard? The adorable little film Hoverboard takes us all back to the time when great movies such as Back To The Future Part II would inspire hours of make-believe. Directed by Sydney Freeland for the 2013 PBS…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 13

The Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2012

Lots of fun, good, and exciting things happened in our world this year. But there were still so many things that could’ve been truly great, but flopped. Broken promises. Awful gadgets. Here’s what broke Gizmodo’s heart in 2012. Microsoft Surface RT Surface is a bundle of terrific, brave ideas about what a computer should be,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Dec 25

The Back To The Future Hoverboard Is 2012’s Worst Toy

The Back to the Future Hoverboard by Mattel is not a hoverboard. It’s a board at best. Really, it’s just a piece of chintzy pink plastic that you can buy for $120 if you’re a jerk. It doesn’t hover. The bar for high tech toys was set low by this year’s hell-creature Furby, which we…

Tech News Sam Biddle Dec 12

Back to the Future Hoverboard Hands On: So This Is What a Real Life Hoverboard Looks Like

The official Mattel Back to the Future hoverboard is here and it looks exactly like it did in Back to the Future II: happy neon pink retro future glory. All the details are there—the hole where Marty ripped off the pole, the foot strap and the graphics—but it doesn’t actually hover. No matter, this is…

Tech News Casey Chan Dec 6

Pre-Order the Back to the Future Hoverboard Right Now for $120

Just as expected, the official Mattel Back to the Future hoverboard made infamous by Marty McFly is now available for pre-order. The hoverboard only costs $120 and actually comes with a hoverboard scaled for 6-inch action figures too. That’s a steal in my BTTF-loving book. https://gizmodo.com/mattel-is-finally-making-the-back-to-the-future-hoverbo-5884660 Yup, I already pre-ordered and if you claim to…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 1

Our Only Hope For a BTTF Hoverboard That Actually Hovers

When we first saw Mattel’s official Back to the Future II hoverboard, the whole world exclaimed: FINALLY! Then we found out it doesn’t really hover. Well today, my friends, we’re one step closer to a people-lead, hoverboard-inventing revolution. https://gizmodo.com/mattel-is-finally-making-the-back-to-the-future-hoverbo-5884660 This DIY hoverboard posted by YouTube user dondula7 hovers better than any we’ve ever seen before,…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 23

Mattel Is Finally Making the Back to the Future Hoverboard

First, the Back to the Future Nike Mags came out. Now, Mattel has announced that it’ll be making the pink hoverboard Marty McFly made infamous in Back to the Future II. My life is complete. Well, almost. https://gizmodo.com/the-nike-air-mag-aka-the-back-to-the-future-shoes-are-r-5838503 The Mattel hoverboard doesn’t actually hover as it’s only a 1:1 replica of the movie version but…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 13

“Board of Awesomeness” Tops 30 MPH with a Wave of Your Hands

Until the scientific community gets off its collective duff and starts researching the important and poorly understood field of Hoverboard technology, we’ll just have to comfort ourselves with the Kinect-commanded, electric-powered, and Windows 8-controlled Board of Awesomeness from Chaotic Moon. The Board of Awesomeness (BoA), employs an as-of-yet unreleased Window’s 8 tablet in conjunction with…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 9

10 Fictional Games that Lunatics Have Recreated in Real Life

Science fiction and fantasy are full of weird games, from Quiddich to Pyramid. There are games of death. There are games of skill. But most of all, there are games that you’d have to be nuts to try and duplicate in real life. https://gizmodo.com/32-heroes-who-must-play-a-deadly-game-or-die-5349126 Not that that’s stopped people from trying. Here are 10 fictional…

io9 Jonathan Wilkins Aug 10

Back to the Future II Concept Drawings: Extreme Hoverboard Envy

Every time I get sad I don’t have a hoverboard, I remind myself that Back to the Future II takes place in 2015. There’s still time! And as these exquisite original concept drawings show, there’s so much more to crave. I always enjoy a good vision of the future, but something about these images by…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 5

How to Make Your Own Legit Hoverboard

You may think that Marty McFly’s hoverboard is still a fantasy. It is, but you can make a pretty rough approximation of it on your own today without it costing too much. It’s pretty straightforward, really. You just need a leaf blower, a tarp and a board. It takes some work, but it looks pretty…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Dec 30

Back to the Future Hoverboard Auction Starts at $30,000

The original hoverboard used by Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future 2 is finally on the auction block, starting at $30,000. If you have that kind of money around, prepare more because this prop-made of wood and metal, including original stickers, textured paint job, and the hole left by the handlebar that Marty…

Movies Jesus Diaz Jul 26

Hoverboards Make Us Fart A Little With Excitement

It is a well-known fact that if the hover board from Back to the Future ever floated into existence, geeks the World over would forget their sexual frustrations for at least seven weeks. Here is a run down of where we stand at the moment—the Hoverboard by Future Horizons and the Airboard by Alura Intelligent…

Tech News Haroon Malik Aug 11

McFly 2015 Buttons and Stickers

The people over at McFly 2015 were kind enough to send me some stickers and buttons. For those unfamiliar with the campaign, McFly 2015 seeks to pressure Nike into producing the boots Michael J. Fox wears in Back to the Future: Part II. Basically, “Where Are My Shoes?” rather than “Where’s My Jetpack?” See also:…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 14

McFly 2015

The McFly 2015 project is incredibly focused. Its single goal is to entice Nike to produce the paleo-futuristic shoes worn my Michael J. Fox in the movie Back to the Future: Part II. The project was launched in April of 2007 by the Maloof brothers (Michael and Charles). When I emailed them I got a…

Tech News Matt Novak May 21

10 Gadgets We Should Have in 2007

We were promised things—great things. Things of an extraordinary nature that seemed just within our grasp. And then we never received them… So we assembled a list of 10 technologies that we should have ironed out by now, but instead either never showed up, or were only completed in some half-assed, UMPC way. This gallery…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Mar 25

Hoverboards Are Real! (1989)

Paleo-Future reader Chris mentioned that as a 13-year-old he watched a "Making of" documentary for Back to the Future: Part II. In it the director, Robert Zemeckis, claimed that hoverboards were real. I tracked down the clip. (And to be honest, I can see how a 13-year-old might believe that the hoverboard was real. I…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 16

Back to the Future: Part II (1989)

While the most common rhetorical question of paleo-futurism seems to be, “Where’s my flying car?” I am personally frustrated with the absence of a much more fun, futuristic innovation. The hoverboard. In 1989, Back to the Future: Part II gave us a glimpse of 2015 and the next generation of personal, recreational transportation. I remember…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 12

What Is This Fake Hoverboard Company Actually Promoting?

I Love This Little Girl Who Wants to Make a Hoverboard After Watching Back to the Future II

Watch Hoverboard an entire short film dedicated to the wonder of Back to the Future II

The Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2012

The Back To The Future Hoverboard Is 2012’s Worst Toy

Back to the Future Hoverboard Hands On: So This Is What a Real Life Hoverboard Looks Like

Pre-Order the Back to the Future Hoverboard Right Now for $120

Our Only Hope For a BTTF Hoverboard That Actually Hovers

Mattel Is Finally Making the Back to the Future Hoverboard

“Board of Awesomeness” Tops 30 MPH with a Wave of Your Hands

10 Fictional Games that Lunatics Have Recreated in Real Life

Back to the Future II Concept Drawings: Extreme Hoverboard Envy

How to Make Your Own Legit Hoverboard

Back to the Future Hoverboard Auction Starts at $30,000

Hoverboards Make Us Fart A Little With Excitement

McFly 2015 Buttons and Stickers

McFly 2015

10 Gadgets We Should Have in 2007

Hoverboards Are Real! (1989)

Back to the Future: Part II (1989)

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