How to Design the Skateboard of The Future
Yes let's build a net-centric Skateboard with active RFID chips, it can dodge obstacles or incoming objects and also be fixed with the latest lidar, radar, stereo sonar and optical flow sensors. Let's make all the components fully integrated with the skatepark and/or a Video Game, Virtual Reality C.A.V.E. or system or even a full on simulator.
We should make these tricky boards to the kids and let them have fun? Have them test them out and then make them even better. I think I really enjoyed the movie "Back to the Future" with Michael J. Fox and Biff and perhaps you did too. And the skateboards have been a fascination ever sense, of course all young boys of my age grew up with the first skateboards. Catamaran'ing down steep streets, doing switch back maneuvers and it was simply part of being growing up.
In the first committee meeting for the report our team identified several potential emerging technologies that should be integrated into the hoverboard;
1.) How about a set of tap push button controls to put up the landing gear, make it a hover board? 3 in the green and away they go hover board style?
2.) Voice Activated WiFi, iPod, VoIP, cell phone and IM. (already have surfboards with wifi, cell phones)
3.) Holographic Image display project in front of the board so the rider can match it while flying thru the air to insure a perfect maneuver?
4.) All run by LED lights which are charging as each bump in the side walk jars tiny components, like a shake-able flash light.
5.) We can make the board invisible using MITs new light bending stuff? Change colors?
6.) Use Mind Control to send commands to the hoverboard via (individual mind-mapping fMRI sequence generator).
7.) The Hover Board/Skate Board/ Wave Rider could be used in any gravity displacement too. Earth, Mars, Moon. "The Lunar Board" or something? Matching agility to human ability, the next step in the evolution of fun!
8.) Interactive Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality living room video game with skateboard, no worries when weather is bad.
9.) Couple it with eLearning initiatives; make it fun to learn while riding a skateboard. Learn physics while skateboarding, it's all physics anyway.
10.) Interactive skate parks and indoor recreational facilities of the future.
All this technology already exists NOW and it is only a matter of cost, weight and size. Remember Moore's law for electronics. We are seeing this now with UAVs to MAVs to the size of insects. It is all doable only a matter of imagination and will, funding and ROI. Actually, it's all almost here the way I see it. And so the journey begins; the skateboard of the future will fly, and it will fly like nothing else.
Related Tags: how to design, skateboard of the future
L. Winslow is a Technology Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entrepreneur. Currently he is planning a bicycle ride across the US to raise money for charity and is sponsored by http://www.Calling-Plans.com and all the proceeds will go to various charities who sign up.
Your Article Search Directory : Find in ArticlesRecent articles in this category:
- World's Longest Longboard Skateboard
Thanks to "Nervous Ned" on Silverfish I found someone who would actually road an 100 INCH beast. Ned - Hover Boards, Skateboards and Wheels Without Friction
Wheels have always been an integral part of skateboarding and yet this is all about to change as the - Hover Boards - Landing Gear Retraction
One technique to solve the problem of hoverboard wheels is to make extremely light weight wheels for - Prototype Hoverboards - With or No Wheels
Everyone knows that skateboards have wheels and they might have guessed that hover boards will not n - Hoverboard and Skateboard Mechanical Components
Present-day skateboards are actually engineering marvels, but they have been so refined that they ar - Skateboard Back Packs and Accessories - Hoverboard Backpack Storage Systems
Since the hover boards of the future will be larger and taller than traditional skateboards they wil - Hoverboard Swarming and Formation Flying Systems
Hoverboards will be the skateboards of the future and they will also have all the cool technology of - Hover Board Control and Stability Systems
As with the skateboards, hover board operators will be responsible for their skill level and thus ne - Hoverboarding and Skateboarding - Speed is Life
Extreme Skateboarding is unlike any sport in the world and the athletic talent, skill and agility to - Hover Boards - Skateboards of the Future and Carbon Nano Tube Construction
The skateboards of the future will be hover boards and if they are to fly they will need to be made
Most viewed articles in this category:
- Finding Reputable Scuba Diving Classes
Scuba diving, like any other skilled activity, must be learned before it can be mastered. So, for th - Why Try Rock Climbing?
These days, the popularity of many extreme sports has actually resulted in them not being so extreme - Rock Climbing with Style - Heading Outdoors
When it comes to rock climbing, beginners are surprised to learn there are a lot of different styles - World's Longest Longboard Skateboard
Thanks to "Nervous Ned" on Silverfish I found someone who would actually road an 100 INCH beast. Ned - Hoverboarding and Skateboarding - Speed is Life
Extreme Skateboarding is unlike any sport in the world and the athletic talent, skill and agility to - Future Flying Skateboards and Hover Boards - Mechanical Components
Engineers are now designing the skateboards of the Future. The skateboards will really be flying hov - Hover Boards - Landing Gear Retraction
One technique to solve the problem of hoverboard wheels is to make extremely light weight wheels for - Hover Board Control and Stability Systems
As with the skateboards, hover board operators will be responsible for their skill level and thus ne - Skateboard Wheels that Improve Performance and Safety
When choosing a skateboard, most people focus on the size, length, traction, and overall design. Whi - Hover Boards - Skateboards of the Future and Carbon Nano Tube Construction
The skateboards of the future will be hover boards and if they are to fly they will need to be made
