The article
here.

"...but we finally have a hoverboard ... sorta."

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/21/we-rode-a-hoverboard/

It's impossible to talk about hoverboards without invoking a
particular movie title, so we're not even going to try: Remember that awesome
scene from Back to the Future Part II? It's one step closer to reality: A
California startup just built a real, working hoverboard. Arx Pax is attempting
to crowdfund the Hendo Hoverboard as a proof of concept for its hover engine
technology -- it's not quite the floating skateboard Marty McFly rode through
Hill Valley (and the Wild West), but it's an obvious precursor to the imagined
ridable: a self-powered, levitating platform with enough power to lift a fully
grown adult.