Lexus launches its real-life hoverboard that you sadly can't buy

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When Lexus first announced its hoverboard, resembling something out of the film 'Back to the Future', there was much speculation over whether or not the futuristic mechanism was actually real. But now we know that it is and it works, too. The only let-down is that you can't have one.

Built in conjunction with a team of German scientists from IFW Dresden and specialists in magnetic levitation technology evico GmbH, Lexus launched the hoverboard at a specially constructed "hoverpark" near Barcelona, Spain. But there's more to this funky piece of tech than meets the eye, which is why you wouldn't actually want to own one.