Making large complexes float might be a way to avoid the severity of damages caused by earthquakes. The amazing Hendo hoverboard is the brainchild of married couple and entrepreneurs Greg and Jill Henderson. Henderson postulated that making large complexes float might be a way to avoid the severity of damages caused by California earthquakes.
It could be utilized to move people and goods more efficiently, for saving lives and livelihoods during earthquakes and floods.
The hoverboard’s core technology is magnetic field architecture (MFA), which focuses on more efficiently opposing magnetic fields.
The hover engines each include an electric motor which rotates an array of magnets. These magnets induce an eddy current in a conductive substrate, such as silver, or aluminum. The eddy currents rotates as the magnets rotate.
The induced eddy currents generate a magnetic field which repels the magnets in the hover engine which causes the hoverboard to hover in the air.
Sensors may also be used to determine the orientation of the hoverboard or the rider. The sensor data can be used to determine an orientation of the hoverboard relative to the person and possibly to make adjustments to a hover engine.
To move forward and steer, the rider simply tilts the board in the direction they wish to go. The amount of tilt in a particular direction can affect the amount of force imbalance and hence the magnitude of the acceleration.
The hoverboard designs have been prototyped in-house using plywood chassis to determine the best configurations before having the metal parts fabricated.
For Henderson, the technology used to enable the hoverboard is far more important than the exorbitant toy, as his original idea was to hover entire buildings.
The technology of the Hoverboard is based on the use of electromagnetics.
The technology, which Arx Pax terms “Magnetic Field Architect” or MFA is based on a disc that is the hover engines that fire downward against a magnetic field, which creates the hovering or levitation effect.
The magnetic levitation (maglev) gives the Hendo Hover Board user flexibility in terms of movement, with no limitation on where or how the board turns.
The only limitation is the need for a metallic or conductive surface in order for the hover engines to fire its magnetic force against in order to create the maglev effect.
The principles that permit the Hendo Hover Board to move are based on Lenz’s Law.
Henderson feels that it is his responsibility and duty to demonstrate a better way to build in areas subject to natural disasters and hopes to lead the construction industry by example, providing more sustainable, cost effective alternatives.
“At an altruistic level, our technology has the ability to change the way we think about how communities are designed and built – from family homes, to hospital rooms, to factories, to skyscrapers,” says Henderson. “We can build structures such that, with the flip of a switch, they are lifted out of harm’s way. The potential ravages of earthquakes and floods will no longer hold sway over occupants of these buildings.”
For more information please visit: www.hendohover.com
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