This company is advertising a working hoverboard for $19,900

ArcaBoard, a hoverboard advertised by Arcaspace
(Image credit: Screenshot via ArcaSpace/Vimeo)

Sick of the hype around hoverboards that don't actually leave the ground? A company called ArcaSpace is touting one that does — the third such promise in 2015, The Verge reports.

"For the first time, every person will be able to fly anytime, anywhere," is how the company advertises its ArcaBoard in a new video. "The world, your world, will change forever."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.