Marty McFly would flip over this.
Hoverboard flying could become as normal as riding a bike thanks to Canadian software engineer Alexandru Duru, who is pictured balancing on his Omni board on the cover of Popular Science’s May-June issue.
The visionary was one of 10 inventors to win a spot in the magazine’s annual Invention Awards issue.
Duru plans to offer his board for sale next year — hopefully to replace the trend of rolling “hoverboards” that never actually leave the ground.
“Most people imagine a future with hoverboards in them,” said Duru, of Montreal. “I think it’s going to happen for sure.”
Duru’s original model last year snagged the Guinness World Record for farthest hover by flying 905 feet, 2 inches. That broke the previous record by more than 740 feet.
Duru has since developed a new prototype, which is sleeker and more powerful.
It’s levitated by eight propellers, powered by 16 lithium batteries, and hovers 16 feet above the ground.
“Riding it is a feeling that no other machine can provide. Nothing comes close, ” he said.


