Gallery: The New Hendo Hoverboard Is a Warm-Up for Elon's Hyperloop

  • This is as close as you'll get to seeing the finished product until the Hendo 2.0 is fully revealed later this month.
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    This is as close as you'll get to seeing the finished product until the Hendo 2.0 is fully revealed later this month.
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    Hoverboard parts.
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    The Arx Pax team assembles prototypes of its next hoverboard.
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    What is he building.
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    These are the feet.
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    The Arx Pax team assembles prototypes of its next hoverboard.
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    The Arx Pax team assembles prototypes of its next hoverboard.
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    Hoverboard parts are inside.
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    A replica deck of Marty McFly's famous hoverboard, signed by screenwriter Bob Gale, as seen in the Arx Pax office.
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