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the Hendo hoverboard resembles a prop from the movie Back to the Future 2 a skateboard with no wheels but hovers about an inch in the air for a frictionless ride we can't do everything Marty could do but we're a whole lot closer than we were the hoverboard is the creation of Jill and Greg Henderson there is no air lifting the board instead the company uses a patented magnetic technology so you're riding on a magnetic field the board also needs a conductive surface like one made of aluminum or copper we're gonna have hoverboards we're gonna hover parks we're gonna have hover illusions and hover rollercoasters all that's coming the company is selling these white boxes to developers that contain the hover engine remove frictionlessly and it can do something that you've probably never seen before bouncing air the ability to load weight onto the hover engine means that technology can one day be used to keep buildings aloft during earthquakes or floods why not a building why not a house why not an operating room why not a sensitive piece of equipment or a precious piece of art the company is updated a hoverboard more than 20 times but they're still more tweaking to be done they're working on lowering the noise level and incorporating a remote control because it's a little hard when you first climb on so it feels like I'm a little out of control in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News