Scientists Have Fun With Quantum Levitation and “Floating” Disks

So, has the technology finally arrived that will permit the manufacturing of genuine Marty McFly hoverboards? Don’t hold your breath. Despite researchers’ intriguing work in quantum levitation, hoverboards won’t be showing up on store shelves anytime soon — at least not on planet Earth. “It would be practical only in an already cooled environment like outer space or a planet like Neptune,” noted tech analyst Roger Kay.

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