Hendo 2.0: The $10,000 futuristic hoverboard has been unveiled

The tech company Arx Pax has just revealed the new generation hoverboard in Hendo 2.0.  The skateboard-like design of hoverboard was also inspired by skateboarding maestro Tony Hawk.

The Hendo 2.0 uses four disc-shaped hover engines. The engines use electromagnets that create magnetic fields to interact with a conducting surface. The magnetic fields let the board levitate about one inch off the ground. The engines are tilted on towards the board and steered by the weight shifting of the user.

The first version of Hendo Hoverboard was announced last December. The new version of hoverboard has a new development on its hover engines and also eliminates loud noise from its predecessor.

As it uses magnetic fields for the engine, the Hendo 2.0 will only work on top of some types of metal, including aluminum, copper and steel. The flying-skateboard cannot run on the streets.

The hoverboard also has additional charging and power management features and USB connectivity. It also offers a better feature in safety with wireless switch that allows the user to turn the hoverboard off remotely.

Jill Henderson, co-founder and Chief Communication Officer of Arx Pax, as noted on Arx Pax's blog, said that the company was thrilled to be associated with the technologies on Back To The Future movie that initiated the hoverboard concept.

Henderson added that Hendo 2.0 has the potential to make a real change on various  industries, including transportation, structural isolation, industrial automation and even space exploration.

One of the screenwriters of 'Back to the Future II' Bob Gale, as reported on CNN, embraced the Hendo Hoverboard's new design. Gale said in the press statement that Hendo embodied the hoverboard that they tried to create in the movie in 1989.

Gale added that Hendo's technology has led to a functional hoverboard and fascinating hover applications.

However, Arx pax says that the company not yet planned to sell Hendo 2.0 for consumers. So far, the company has only created prototypes of the hoverboard as the proof of concept. Arx Pax is making just 11 of the hoverboards to be shipped to Kickstarter backers.

The Kickstarters, as reported on The Verge based on its interview with Arx Pax CEO, were mostly small businesses that are looking to open hoverboard parks of their own. The Hendo 2.0 hoverboard costs $10,000 for the Kickstarters.

Arx Pax sees itself as the inventor of patented Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA) technology that the hoverboard uses. The final products of MFA tech will be created by the partners.  

The MFA tech will be able to be used for SpaceX's Hyperloop competition's participants. The technology will be able to accelerate the development of the Hyperloop, the transportation system using vacuum tube with 760 miles per hour speed.