Great Scott! They've invented a hoverboard that really, truly works

Just in time for October 21, 2015.

Just in time for Marty McFly's arrival in the future of Back to the Future II, a Califnornian company has launched a real-life, genuinely functional hoverboard.

The Hendo Hoverboard is the first application of a magnetic technology that allows stable flotation. Knowing where the publicity is – and the funding dollars that go with it – the company has started out by creating one of science fiction's most desirable toys.