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Flying hoverboards are set to make a debut in 2017 and the tech bug in me has gone cray cray!
Alexandru Duru, balancing on a homemade hoverboard 16 feet above the surface, flew a distance of 905 feet, 2 inches—smashing the previous Guinness World Record (a measly 164 feet) for the farthest hoverboard flight. “Riding it is a feeling that no other machine can provide,” Duru says. “Nothing comes close.”
Duru, a software engineer, has devoted the past five years to perfecting his hoverboard design, called Omni. His first attempt was little more than a piece of wood strapped to a motor and propeller.
Duru and his team are now developing a second prototype that’s sleeker, more powerful, and safe enough for an eager public.
Let’s just say that 2017 is the best time to have excess money!