Lexus says to work on a hoverboard. According to the text accompanying the works with superconducting materials and permanent magnets. The ‘smoke’ is also nice, but comes of course from liquid nitrogen. The board looks nice, but as yet there is no one on top.
Lexus wants to move with the floating skateboard, with a top made of bamboo, clearly marked on the map as a luxury-innovator: all visible materials are also in some of the cars of the brand applied. At the end of last year came to an American company even though the idea is to use a hoverboard to build, but with funding through Kickstarter.
To levitation with a permanent magnet and superconductive materials, is a metal substrate. Engadget found out by Lexus for the recordings is indeed a substrate of metal is used, though it seems to be the bovenlaagje concrete. More about levitation techniques you can find on Wikipedia. Lexus says weekly updates about the project via the hashtag #lexushover on Twitter.
