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SomeGuy
10-21-2011, 02:10 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA

Just blows my mind what these physics peeps are coming up with these days.
Scottobot
10-21-2011, 02:25 PM
I'm at work and couldn't hear the audio, but that looks amazing!!
iconicrocket
10-21-2011, 03:02 PM
Impressive.
Jeff-TheBiz
10-21-2011, 03:49 PM
wow... I want one..
Thrizzl3
10-21-2011, 04:18 PM
that is effing cool!
aZuMi
10-21-2011, 04:50 PM
OMG! That's awesome!
rzapata
10-21-2011, 05:49 PM
Really awesome stuff!!! :thumbsup
The Wolf
10-21-2011, 06:00 PM
i died
Bohizzle
10-21-2011, 06:15 PM
That is freakin' awesome!
Takumi616
10-21-2011, 06:21 PM
:thumbsup
SilentJay
10-21-2011, 08:04 PM
One step closer to Marty McFly's hoverboard
cwp_sedan
10-21-2011, 09:10 PM
Very cool!
eguiyab
10-21-2011, 09:38 PM
thats cool.
I wish i could understand the physics of it
greaves82
10-21-2011, 09:45 PM
Thats actually pretty cool
09ms3
10-22-2011, 09:40 AM
that is very cool
Fobio
10-22-2011, 09:59 AM
thats cool.
I wish i could understand the physics of it

it is very cool...and variations of this have been around before, but this particular demonstration explains a bit more of the electromagnetic forces "locking" the superconductor in place relative to the magnetic field, rather than it floating due to magnetic levitation. Basically, the super-conductor (circular floater) becomes part of the magnetic field and maintaining a constant force to counteract it without disturbing it.

and no, they can't just pave the roads with the magnets for us to hover around. I'd think that super cooling our cars to near absolute zero and having strong enough permanent magnets for thousands of km's would be impractical...and rather dangerous to our health...lol...but for trains and rollercoasters, this would be pretty cool. Or railguns...
The Wolf
10-22-2011, 11:04 AM
thinking it would mostly come in handy for efficiently moving things around in space.
Hoodzy
10-23-2011, 02:27 PM
Why does it have to be cold?
As far as supercooling you live in Canada right? lol
boyracer
10-23-2011, 05:11 PM
That's so neato. I wanna play around with it
loki
10-23-2011, 05:35 PM
we can levititate a chunk of dry ice, yet the world goes hungry...

interesting.
loki
10-23-2011, 05:36 PM
it is very cool...and variations of this have been around before, but this particular demonstration explains a bit more of the electromagnetic forces "locking" the superconductor in place relative to the magnetic field, rather than it floating due to magnetic levitation. Basically, the super-conductor (circular floater) becomes part of the magnetic field and maintaining a constant force to counteract it without disturbing it.

and no, they can't just pave the roads with the magnets for us to hover around. I'd think that super cooling our cars to near absolute zero and having strong enough permanent magnets for thousands of km's would be impractical...and rather dangerous to our health...lol...but for trains and rollercoasters, this would be pretty cool. Or railguns...

oooooo railguns!!!