The pig won't McFly in time... or will it?

Do you remember exactly what was so cool about Back To The Future II? No, it wasn't so much the large flat screen TVs or the self-lacing shoes. For many fans of the movie trilogy back in the 1980s, it was the hoverboard - the "skateboard" without wheels. Thanks to engineers at Hendo, a Silicon Valley company, that dream of owning a hoverboard is now so much closer. The company aims to deliver the first production hoverboards to its backers on Kickstarter at an event on Oct 21, 2015 - the date that Marty McFly went to in his journey to the future. However, the company have avoided linking their creation directly to the movie to avoid any legal issues. And they haven't worked out all the kinks yet - it currently works only on a metal surface, and it only takes you an inch off the ground. If they want it working just like the one in the movie, they have an uphill battle to fight over the coming year.