We have liftoff: 'hoverboard' takes flight

TECH
Monday, 17 Nov 2014
4:40 PM MYT

LOS GATOS, United States: Ever since Marty McFly rode on one in 1989's hit film Back to the Future Part II, fans have dreamed of having their own levitating skateboard, or "hoverboard."

That wish has now come true, as engineers in Northern California have turned the futuristic device into reality.

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